A) Amazon River B) Euphrates River C) Missouri River D) Nile River
A) Mesopotamia B) Hammurabi C) Ur D) Babylon
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) English B) stylus C) Babylon D) Cuneiform
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Ruler C) People and how they speak D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile River B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile Crescent
A) Church B) Synagogue C) Pyramid D) Ziggurat
A) Islam B) Monotheism C) Jew D) Polytheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Iraq C) Antarctica D) Egypt
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) Form of religion D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Red Sea B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Orontes D) The Nile
A) To keep cows B) To make public signs C) To tell stories D) To keep records
A) Asia B) France C) South America D) Africa
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of land 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 is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) heavy rain falling throughout the area 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 trade over long distances. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 3500 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) State-City B) Culture C) Empire D) City-State
A) scribe B) king C) slave D) priest
A) tall tale B) fairy tale C) epic D) mystery
A) poppy B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) Gilgamesh B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Phoenicians
A) chariots B) cedar wood C) purple dye D) glass objects
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) wheel B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) purple dye
A) Enlil B) Utu C) Inanna D) Zeus
A) craftsmen B) traders C) priest D) King E) farmers
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Chaldeans
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) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) led directly to the development of democracy C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Utu
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) polytheism B) disciples C) rulers D) deities
A) war chiefs B) farmers C) priests D) kings
A) to mark the center of the city B) to honor the gods C) so architects could display their work D) so they could easily be found
A) battleships and iron weapons B) bows and arrows C) iron weapons and chariots D) fire and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Hittites C) Kassites D) Chaldeans
A) the Hittites B) the Phoenicians C) the Assyrians D) the Kassites
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Ur D) Nineveh
A) all of the these B) people living in an organized society C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) a division of labor
A) Historians B) Archaeologists C) Geographers D) Anthropologists
A) The forest was full of animals B) The hills were rich with gold C) The soil was good for crops 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 teach people to farm B) To tell stories C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To record information
A) Theology B) Deitism C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the domestication of oxen B) the creation of government C) the invention of writing D) the establishment of cities
A) X B) Z C) Y D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |