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