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