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