A) Amazon River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Mesopotamia B) Hammurabi C) Babylon D) Ur
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) English
A) Ruler B) River in Mesopotamia C) People and how they speak D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile Crescent B) Australia C) Fertile River D) South America
A) Church B) Ziggurat C) Synagogue D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Jew C) Islam D) Polytheism
A) Iraq B) Egypt C) Saudi Arabia D) Antarctica
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) Form of religion D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Orontes B) The Nile C) The Red Sea D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To tell stories B) To keep records C) To keep cows D) To make public signs
A) France B) Asia C) Africa D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. 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) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 3500 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
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) State-City B) Culture C) Empire D) City-State
A) slave B) king C) priest D) scribe
A) fairy tale B) epic C) mystery D) tall tale
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Babylonians B) Phoenicians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) chariots B) cedar wood C) purple dye D) glass objects
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Assyrians D) Sumerians
A) alphabet B) purple dye C) a code of laws D) wheel
A) Inanna B) Zeus C) Utu D) Enlil
A) traders B) priest C) craftsmen D) King E) farmers
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
A) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Utu D) Gilgamesh
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 attack D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) disciples B) polytheism C) deities D) rulers
A) kings B) war chiefs C) priests D) farmers
A) to honor the gods B) so architects could display their work C) so they could easily be found D) to mark the center of the city
A) battleships and iron weapons B) fire and chariots C) iron weapons and chariots D) bows and arrows
A) Hittites B) Phoenicians C) Kassites D) Chaldeans
A) the Hittites B) the Phoenicians C) the Kassites D) the Assyrians
A) Babylon B) Sumer C) Ur D) Nineveh
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) all of the these C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) a division of labor E) people living in an organized society
A) Geographers B) Historians C) Anthropologists D) Archaeologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The hills were rich with gold C) The soil was good for crops D) The forest was full of animals
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Old products are not used anymore C) Wars are fought over new land D) Populations decrease
A) To record information B) To teach people to farm C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To tell stories
A) Theology B) Deitism C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a power source
A) True B) False
A) the invention of writing B) the domestication of oxen C) the establishment of cities D) the creation of government
A) Y B) Z C) W D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |