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