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