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