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