A) Amazon River B) Euphrates River C) Nile River D) Missouri River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Hammurabi D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Cuneiform B) Babylon C) English D) stylus
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) Church B) Pyramid C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Islam B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
A) Form of religion B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Orontes C) The Red Sea D) The Nile
A) To make public signs B) To keep records C) To tell stories D) To keep cows
A) Asia B) Africa C) South America D) France
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of Laws
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. 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 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) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
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) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A means to control water supply to the land C) A paleolithic tool D) A new method of fighting
A) Empire B) City-State C) Culture D) State-City
A) slave B) scribe C) priest D) king
A) tall tale B) epic C) fairy tale D) mystery
A) Sargon B) poppy C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Gilgamesh B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Phoenicians
A) purple dye B) chariots C) cedar wood D) glass objects
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) purple dye B) wheel C) alphabet D) a code of laws
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Inanna D) Enlil
A) craftsmen B) King C) traders D) priest E) farmers
A) Lydians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
A) led directly to the development of democracy B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Utu D) Hammurabi
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) deities B) rulers C) polytheism D) disciples
A) farmers B) war chiefs C) kings D) priests
A) so architects could display their work B) so they could easily be found C) to honor the gods D) to mark the center of the city
A) battleships and iron weapons B) bows and arrows C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Kassites B) Hittites C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Kassites
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Sumer D) Nineveh
A) all of the these B) people living in an organized society C) a division of labor 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) Historians B) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists D) Geographers
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The forest was full of animals C) The soil was good for crops D) The caves provided shelter for the people
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) Monotheism B) Theology C) Polytheism D) Deitism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a power source C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the domestication of oxen B) the establishment of cities C) the invention of writing D) the creation of government
A) W B) Y C) X D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |