A) Missouri River B) Nile River C) Amazon River D) Euphrates River
A) Babylon B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” 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) River in Mesopotamia C) Ruler D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile River B) Australia C) South America D) Fertile Crescent
A) Church B) Ziggurat C) Pyramid D) Synagogue
A) Monotheism B) Islam C) Polytheism D) Jew
A) Iraq B) Antarctica 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 Orontes B) The Tigris and Euphrates 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) South America B) France C) Asia D) Africa
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. B) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates 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) A new method of fighting C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A paleolithic tool
A) State-City B) City-State C) Culture D) Empire
A) slave B) scribe C) king D) priest
A) epic B) tall tale C) mystery D) fairy tale
A) Hammurabi B) poppy C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) cedar wood B) purple dye C) chariots D) glass objects
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Assyrians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) wheel
A) Enlil B) Utu C) Zeus D) Inanna
A) King B) traders C) farmers D) craftsmen E) priest
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) the people who lived there had lots of children D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
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) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Utu D) Hammurabi
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) rulers B) polytheism C) deities D) disciples
A) priests B) war chiefs C) kings D) farmers
A) to mark the center of the city B) so architects could display their work C) so they could easily be found D) to honor the gods
A) bows and arrows B) fire and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Kassites B) Phoenicians C) Hittites D) Chaldeans
A) the Hittites B) the Phoenicians C) the Assyrians D) the Kassites
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Sumer D) Nineveh
A) a division of labor B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) all of the these D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people living in an organized society
A) Geographers B) Anthropologists C) Historians D) Archaeologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The forest was full of animals C) The hills were rich with gold D) The soil was good for crops
A) Populations decrease B) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Old products are not used anymore D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To tell stories B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To teach people to farm D) To record information
A) Theology B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Deitism
A) Provided a power source B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the invention of writing B) the domestication of oxen C) the creation of government D) the establishment of cities
A) Z B) X C) Y D) W
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 the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |