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