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