A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Missouri River D) Nile River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) stylus B) Babylon C) English D) Cuneiform
A) People and how they speak B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) River in Mesopotamia D) Ruler
A) Fertile River B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile Crescent
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Pyramid D) Synagogue
A) Islam B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Jew
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
A) Form of religion B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Nile C) The Orontes D) The Red Sea
A) To make public signs B) To keep records C) To tell stories D) To keep cows
A) South America B) Africa C) Asia D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. 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 basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
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) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A new method of fighting C) A paleolithic tool D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) Culture B) City-State C) State-City D) Empire
A) king B) slave C) priest D) scribe
A) tall tale B) epic C) mystery D) fairy tale
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) poppy D) Hammurabi
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Babylonians
A) cedar wood B) purple dye C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Assyrians D) Chaldeans
A) a code of laws B) alphabet C) wheel D) purple dye
A) Enlil B) Utu C) Inanna D) Zeus
A) traders B) farmers C) craftsmen D) priest E) King
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Sumerians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Gilgamesh B) Utu C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
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) deities B) disciples C) rulers D) polytheism
A) farmers B) priests C) kings D) war chiefs
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 Hittites B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Phoenicians
A) Nineveh B) Ur C) Sumer D) Babylon
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) a division of labor C) people living in an organized society D) all of the these E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Archaeologists B) Historians C) Geographers D) Anthropologists
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) Populations decrease B) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Old products are not used anymore D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To teach people to farm B) To record information C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To tell stories
A) Theology B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Deitism
A) Provided a power source B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) False B) True
A) the establishment of cities B) the creation of government C) the invention of writing D) the domestication of oxen
A) Z B) Y C) X D) W
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. |