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