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