A) Nile River B) Euphrates River C) Amazon River D) Missouri River
A) Mesopotamia B) Ur C) Hammurabi D) Babylon
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) English B) stylus C) Cuneiform D) Babylon
A) Ruler B) People and how they speak C) River in Mesopotamia D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Australia B) Fertile Crescent C) South America D) Fertile River
A) Ziggurat B) Synagogue C) Pyramid D) Church
A) Polytheism B) Islam C) Monotheism D) Jew
A) Antarctica B) Egypt C) Iraq D) Saudi Arabia
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) Form of religion C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Red Sea B) The Orontes C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Nile
A) To tell stories B) To make public signs C) To keep cows D) To keep records
A) France B) Africa C) Asia D) South America
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Islam
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 was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates 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) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) State-City B) City-State C) Culture D) Empire
A) king B) slave C) priest D) scribe
A) mystery B) epic C) tall tale D) fairy tale
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) poppy
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) purple dye B) glass objects C) cedar wood D) chariots
A) Assyrians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) a code of laws B) purple dye C) wheel D) alphabet
A) Utu B) Inanna C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) priest B) craftsmen C) King D) traders E) farmers
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Lydians
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 was one of the earliest civilizations 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) led directly to the development of democracy C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Utu B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
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) rulers B) polytheism C) disciples D) deities
A) priests B) farmers C) war chiefs D) kings
A) so they could easily be found B) so architects could display their work C) to honor the gods 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) Chaldeans D) Kassites
A) the Assyrians B) the Phoenicians C) the Hittites D) the Kassites
A) Ur B) Sumer 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) Historians B) Anthropologists C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
A) The forest was full of animals B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The soil was good for crops D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Populations decrease B) Wars are fought over new land C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Old products are not used anymore
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) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Theology
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the domestication of oxen B) the establishment of cities C) the invention of writing D) the creation of government
A) X B) W C) Z D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |