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