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