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