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