A) Missouri River B) Euphrates River C) Nile River D) Amazon River
A) Hammurabi B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Babylon
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Cuneiform B) English C) Babylon 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) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Fertile River D) Australia
A) Synagogue B) Pyramid C) Church D) Ziggurat
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Saudi Arabia B) Antarctica C) Iraq 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 Nile D) The Orontes
A) To keep records B) To tell stories C) To make public signs D) To keep cows
A) South America B) Asia C) Africa D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Laws
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to trade over long distances. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A paleolithic tool C) A new method of fighting D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) Empire B) State-City C) City-State D) Culture
A) king B) priest C) scribe D) slave
A) tall tale B) mystery C) epic D) fairy tale
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Phoenicians
A) purple dye B) glass objects C) chariots D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Assyrians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) wheel B) purple dye C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Utu B) Zeus C) Inanna D) Enlil
A) craftsmen B) King C) farmers D) priest E) traders
A) Lydians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture D) the people who lived there had lots of children
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) led directly to the development of democracy C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Utu D) Hammurabi
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) deities B) rulers C) disciples D) polytheism
A) priests B) farmers C) war chiefs D) kings
A) to honor the gods B) so they could easily be found C) to mark the center of the city D) so architects could display their work
A) bows and arrows B) iron weapons and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Kassites B) Hittites C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) the Kassites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Ur B) Nineveh C) Sumer D) Babylon
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) people living in an organized society C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) a division of labor E) all of the these
A) Historians B) Anthropologists C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
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) Populations decrease D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To tell stories C) To record information D) To teach people to farm
A) Monotheism B) Theology C) Deitism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a power source C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the domestication of oxen B) the establishment of cities C) the creation of government D) the invention of writing
A) Z B) X 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. |