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