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