A) Amazon River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Babylon B) Mesopotamia C) Hammurabi D) Ur
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) Babylon
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) Ruler C) River in Mesopotamia D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile River
A) Synagogue B) Ziggurat C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Islam
A) Saudi Arabia B) Egypt C) Iraq D) Antarctica
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 keep records B) To keep cows C) To make public signs D) To tell stories
A) France B) Asia C) South America D) Africa
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. 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 decree that kings use to show their authority.
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 trade over long distances. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 B.C.E C) 3500 AD D) 1904 AD
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) Empire B) City-State C) State-City D) Culture
A) slave B) king C) scribe D) priest
A) tall tale B) fairy tale C) mystery D) epic
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) poppy C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) Sumerians B) Phoenicians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) glass objects B) chariots C) purple dye D) cedar wood
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Assyrians
A) a code of laws B) alphabet C) purple dye D) wheel
A) Utu B) Inanna C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) farmers B) traders C) priest D) King E) craftsmen
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Sumerians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
A) led directly to the development of democracy B) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Utu
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) polytheism B) deities C) rulers D) disciples
A) war chiefs B) kings C) priests D) farmers
A) to honor the gods B) so architects could display their work C) so they could easily be found D) to mark the center of the city
A) battleships and iron weapons B) bows and arrows C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Kassites B) Hittites C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Hittites D) the Assyrians
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Ur D) Nineveh
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) people living in an organized society C) all of the these D) a division of labor E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Anthropologists B) Historians C) Geographers D) Archaeologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The hills were rich with gold C) The soil was good for crops D) The forest was full of animals
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 record information B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To teach people to farm D) To tell stories
A) Theology B) Deitism C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a power source C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the creation of government B) the establishment of cities C) the invention of writing D) the domestication of oxen ![]()
A) W B) Z C) Y D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |