A) Nile River B) Amazon River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Ur B) Mesopotamia C) Hammurabi D) Babylon
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) stylus B) Cuneiform C) English D) Babylon
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) Ruler C) River in Mesopotamia D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile Crescent B) Australia C) South America D) Fertile River
A) Ziggurat B) Pyramid C) Church D) Synagogue
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Jew D) Islam
A) Antarctica B) Saudi Arabia C) Iraq D) Egypt
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) Form of religion
A) The Nile B) The Red Sea C) The Orontes D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To tell stories B) To keep cows C) To keep records D) To make public signs
A) South America B) Asia C) France D) Africa
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. 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) 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 trade over long distances. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 3500 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) A paleolithic tool B) A new method of fighting C) A means to control water supply to the land D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) Empire B) State-City C) City-State D) Culture
A) scribe B) king C) slave D) priest
A) fairy tale B) epic C) mystery D) tall tale
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) poppy
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Phoenicians B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) chariots B) glass objects C) purple dye D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Assyrians D) Sumerians
A) a code of laws B) wheel C) alphabet D) purple dye
A) Zeus B) Enlil C) Utu D) Inanna
A) farmers B) traders C) priest D) craftsmen E) King
A) Lydians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
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) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) led directly to the development of democracy C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Hammurabi B) Utu C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) rulers B) disciples 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) so they could easily be found D) to mark the center of the city
A) bows and arrows B) fire and chariots C) iron weapons and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Kassites B) Phoenicians C) Hittites D) Chaldeans
A) the Phoenicians B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Kassites
A) Nineveh B) Sumer C) Ur D) Babylon
A) people living in an organized society B) a division of labor C) all of the these D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Historians B) Anthropologists C) Geographers D) Archaeologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The hills were rich with gold C) The forest was full of animals D) The caves provided shelter for the people
A) Old products are not used anymore B) Wars are fought over new land C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Populations decrease
A) To record information B) To teach people to farm C) To tell stories D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Monotheism B) Deitism C) Polytheism D) Theology
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 establishment of cities B) the invention of writing C) the creation of government D) the domestication of oxen ![]()
A) W B) X C) Y D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |