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