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