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