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