A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Missouri River D) Nile River
A) Mesopotamia B) Babylon C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) English B) stylus C) Babylon D) Cuneiform
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) People and how they speak D) Ruler
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile River
A) Pyramid B) Synagogue C) Church D) Ziggurat
A) Islam B) Polytheism C) Jew D) Monotheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Iraq C) Egypt D) Antarctica
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Form of religion C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Red Sea B) The Orontes C) The Nile D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To keep records B) To tell stories C) To make public signs D) To keep cows
A) Africa B) South America C) France D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
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) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
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) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 3500 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A paleolithic tool C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A new method of fighting
A) State-City B) Empire C) Culture D) City-State
A) slave B) priest C) king D) scribe
A) fairy tale B) epic C) mystery D) tall tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) poppy
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) cedar wood B) chariots C) glass objects D) purple dye
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Assyrians
A) a code of laws B) wheel C) purple dye D) alphabet
A) Enlil B) Utu C) Inanna D) Zeus
A) craftsmen B) traders C) farmers D) King E) priest
A) Lydians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture 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) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) led directly to the development of democracy D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Utu D) Hammurabi
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) disciples B) deities C) rulers D) polytheism
A) priests B) war chiefs C) farmers D) kings
A) to mark the center of the city B) so they could easily be found C) to honor the gods D) so architects could display their work
A) bows and arrows B) iron weapons and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Kassites C) Phoenicians D) Hittites
A) the Assyrians B) the Hittites C) the Kassites D) the Phoenicians
A) Babylon B) Nineveh C) Ur 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 living in an organized society E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Anthropologists B) Historians C) Geographers D) Archaeologists
A) The forest was full of animals B) The soil was good for crops C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The hills were rich with gold
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 communicate with new people from different areas B) To record information C) To teach people to farm D) To tell stories
A) Deitism B) Theology C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Provided a power source B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) False B) True
A) the creation of government B) the invention of writing C) the domestication of oxen D) the establishment of cities
A) W B) Y C) Z D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |