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