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