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