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