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