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