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