A) Missouri River B) Nile River C) Euphrates River D) Amazon River
A) Babylon B) Hammurabi C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Cuneiform B) Babylon C) stylus D) English
A) River in Mesopotamia B) People and how they speak C) Ruler D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile Crescent B) Fertile River C) Australia D) South America
A) Ziggurat B) Pyramid C) Church D) Synagogue
A) Islam B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Iraq B) Antarctica C) Egypt D) Saudi Arabia
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 Tigris and Euphrates B) The Orontes C) The Nile D) The Red Sea
A) To tell stories B) To keep records C) To keep cows D) To make public signs
A) France B) Asia C) South America D) Africa
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of Laws 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 as jars or cups for the wealthy. 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 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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
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 Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A paleolithic tool C) A new method of fighting D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) City-State B) State-City C) Culture D) Empire
A) priest B) slave C) king D) scribe
A) fairy tale B) tall tale C) epic D) mystery
A) Sargon B) poppy C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Phoenicians
A) chariots B) purple dye C) glass objects D) cedar wood
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Assyrians
A) purple dye B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) wheel
A) Enlil B) Inanna C) Utu D) Zeus
A) King B) priest C) craftsmen D) traders E) farmers
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Lydians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) the people who lived there had lots of children
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) led directly to the development of democracy C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Utu D) Gilgamesh
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) deities B) polytheism C) disciples D) rulers
A) farmers B) priests C) war chiefs D) kings
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) fire and chariots B) battleships and iron weapons C) iron weapons and chariots D) bows and arrows
A) Chaldeans B) Kassites C) Hittites D) Phoenicians
A) the Phoenicians B) the Assyrians C) the Kassites D) the Hittites
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Nineveh D) Ur
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people living in an organized society D) all of the these E) a division of labor
A) Anthropologists B) Geographers C) Archaeologists D) Historians
A) The soil was good for crops B) The forest was full of animals C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The hills were rich with gold
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 teach people to farm B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To tell stories D) To record information
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Theology D) Deitism
A) Provided a power source B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) False B) True
A) the invention of writing B) the domestication of oxen C) the establishment of cities D) the creation of government ![]()
A) Z B) W C) X D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. 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 their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |