A) Euphrates River B) Nile River C) Missouri River D) Amazon River
A) Mesopotamia B) Babylon C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) English
A) People and how they speak B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) River in Mesopotamia D) Ruler
A) Australia B) Fertile Crescent C) Fertile River D) South America
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Jew B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Egypt B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Saudi Arabia
A) Form of religion B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians 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 Tigris and Euphrates C) The Nile D) The Red Sea
A) To make public signs B) To keep cows C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) France B) Asia C) Africa D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
A) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A paleolithic tool C) A new method of fighting D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) City-State B) State-City C) Empire D) Culture
A) scribe B) king C) slave D) priest
A) tall tale B) epic C) fairy tale D) mystery
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) poppy D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Phoenicians
A) glass objects B) cedar wood C) purple dye D) chariots
A) Sumerians B) Assyrians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) alphabet B) a code of laws C) wheel D) purple dye
A) Utu B) Zeus C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) craftsmen B) priest C) King D) farmers E) traders
A) Babylonians B) Lydians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
A) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) led directly to the development of democracy D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Utu
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) rulers B) disciples C) polytheism D) deities
A) priests B) farmers C) kings D) war chiefs
A) so architects could display their work B) so they could easily be found C) to mark the center of the city D) to honor the gods
A) bows and arrows B) battleships and iron weapons C) iron weapons and chariots D) fire and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Hittites D) Kassites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Hittites
A) Sumer B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Babylon
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) all of the these C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) people living in an organized society E) a division of labor
A) Geographers B) Archaeologists C) Historians D) Anthropologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The hills were rich with gold D) The forest was full of animals
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 record information B) To teach people to farm C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To tell stories
A) Deitism B) Theology C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Provided a power source B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the establishment of cities B) the invention of writing C) the domestication of oxen D) the creation of government ![]()
A) X B) Y C) W D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |