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