A) Missouri River B) Euphrates River C) Nile River D) Amazon River
A) Hammurabi B) Ur C) Babylon D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) stylus 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 Crescent B) Fertile River C) South America D) Australia
A) Pyramid B) Church C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Islam B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Iraq B) Antarctica C) Egypt D) Saudi Arabia
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Form of religion C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Nile B) The Orontes C) The Red Sea D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To make public signs B) To keep cows C) To tell stories D) To keep records
A) Asia B) South America C) France D) Africa
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of Civilization 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 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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to trade over long distances. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 AD
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A new method of fighting C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A paleolithic tool
A) State-City B) City-State C) Culture D) Empire
A) priest B) slave C) king D) scribe
A) tall tale B) epic C) fairy tale D) mystery
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) chariots C) cedar wood D) glass objects
A) Chaldeans B) Assyrians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) purple dye B) wheel C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Inanna B) Zeus C) Utu D) Enlil
A) priest B) King C) traders D) craftsmen E) farmers
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Lydians
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) led directly to the development of democracy B) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Gilgamesh B) Utu 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) deities B) disciples C) polytheism D) rulers
A) kings B) farmers C) war chiefs D) priests
A) so they could easily be found B) to mark the center of the city C) to honor the gods D) so architects could display their work
A) battleships and iron weapons B) bows and arrows C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Hittites B) Kassites C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) the Kassites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Ur D) Nineveh
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) all of the these C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) people living in an organized society E) a division of labor
A) Historians B) Geographers C) Archaeologists D) Anthropologists
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) Old products are not used anymore B) Wars are fought over new land C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Populations decrease
A) To tell stories B) To record information C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To teach people to farm
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Theology D) Deitism
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a power source 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 establishment of cities B) the domestication of oxen C) the creation of government D) the invention of writing
A) Y B) X C) Z D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |