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