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