A) Amazon River B) Nile River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Mesopotamia D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) Cuneiform B) Babylon C) English D) stylus
A) People and how they speak B) Ruler C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Australia B) Fertile River C) South America D) Fertile Crescent
A) Ziggurat B) Pyramid C) Church D) Synagogue
A) Jew B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Form of religion C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Red Sea B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Nile D) The Orontes
A) To make public signs B) To keep cows C) To tell stories D) To keep records
A) Africa B) France C) Asia D) South America
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of Laws
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. C) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A paleolithic tool
A) Empire B) City-State C) State-City D) Culture
A) scribe B) king C) slave D) priest
A) fairy tale B) epic C) mystery D) tall tale
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) poppy D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) chariots B) purple dye C) cedar wood D) glass objects
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Assyrians
A) alphabet B) purple dye C) wheel D) a code of laws
A) Zeus B) Enlil C) Inanna D) Utu
A) King B) farmers C) priest D) traders E) craftsmen
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Utu
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) deities B) polytheism C) rulers D) disciples
A) kings B) war chiefs C) farmers D) priests
A) to honor the gods B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) so architects could display their work
A) fire and chariots B) iron weapons and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) bows and arrows
A) Phoenicians B) Kassites C) Hittites D) Chaldeans
A) the Phoenicians B) the Assyrians C) the Kassites D) the Hittites
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Sumer
A) all of the these B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) people living in an organized society E) a division of labor
A) Historians B) Anthropologists C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The soil was good for crops C) The forest was full of animals D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Old products are not used anymore B) Populations decrease C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To teach people to farm B) To tell stories C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To record information
A) Deitism B) Monotheism C) Theology D) Polytheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a power source
A) False B) True
A) the establishment of cities B) the creation of government C) the domestication of oxen D) the invention of writing
A) X B) W C) Z D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |