A) Amazon River B) Nile River C) Missouri River D) Euphrates River
A) Ur B) Mesopotamia C) Hammurabi D) Babylon
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) English B) stylus C) Babylon D) Cuneiform
A) Ruler B) River in Mesopotamia C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) People and how they speak
A) South America B) Fertile River C) Australia D) Fertile Crescent
A) Pyramid B) Synagogue C) Church D) Ziggurat
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Iraq B) Antarctica C) Egypt D) Saudi Arabia
A) Form of religion B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Orontes B) The Nile C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Red Sea
A) To keep records B) To keep cows C) To tell stories D) To make public signs
A) Asia B) Africa C) France D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. 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 used to standardize weights of trade items.
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) 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 remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. 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) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 3500 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) Empire B) City-State C) State-City D) Culture
A) king B) scribe C) slave D) priest
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) epic D) tall tale
A) Hammurabi B) poppy C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) glass objects B) cedar wood C) purple dye D) chariots
A) Assyrians B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) a code of laws B) alphabet C) wheel D) purple dye
A) Utu B) Inanna C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) King B) craftsmen C) traders D) farmers E) priest
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Lydians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) the people who lived there had lots of children D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom 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) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Utu D) Hammurabi
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) deities B) rulers C) disciples D) polytheism
A) priests B) war chiefs C) kings D) farmers
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) bows and arrows B) battleships and iron weapons C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Hittites D) Kassites
A) the Hittites B) the Phoenicians C) the Assyrians D) the Kassites
A) Sumer B) Nineveh C) Babylon D) Ur
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) people living in an organized society D) all of the these E) a division of labor
A) Anthropologists B) Archaeologists C) Geographers D) Historians
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) Wars are fought over new land B) Old products are not used anymore C) Populations decrease D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To teach people to farm B) To tell stories C) To record information D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Monotheism B) Theology C) Polytheism D) Deitism
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) Y B) Z C) X D) W
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. |