A) Nile River B) Missouri River C) Euphrates River D) Amazon River
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Hammurabi D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) Babylon B) stylus C) English D) Cuneiform
A) People and how they speak B) Ruler C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile River B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile Crescent
A) Ziggurat B) Pyramid C) Synagogue D) Church
A) Islam B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Iraq B) Saudi Arabia C) Egypt D) Antarctica
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) Form of religion
A) The Nile B) The Red Sea C) The Orontes D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To keep cows B) To make public signs C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) Asia B) Africa C) France D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. 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) 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 grow more crops. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A paleolithic tool
A) Culture B) State-City C) City-State D) Empire
A) king B) scribe C) slave D) priest
A) mystery B) epic C) tall tale D) fairy tale
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) poppy
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) glass objects B) chariots C) cedar wood D) purple dye
A) Assyrians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) a code of laws C) wheel D) alphabet
A) Enlil B) Inanna C) Utu D) Zeus
A) farmers B) King C) craftsmen D) traders E) priest
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Chaldeans
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) Utu B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) rulers B) polytheism C) disciples D) deities
A) priests B) farmers 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) fire and chariots D) bows and arrows
A) Hittites B) Phoenicians C) Chaldeans D) Kassites
A) the Assyrians B) the Hittites C) the Kassites D) the Phoenicians
A) Nineveh B) Sumer C) Ur D) Babylon
A) people living in an organized society B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) all of the these E) a division of labor
A) Anthropologists B) Archaeologists C) Geographers D) Historians
A) The forest was full of animals B) The hills were rich with gold C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The soil was good for crops
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Populations decrease C) Wars are fought over new land D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To tell stories B) To teach people to farm C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To record information
A) Theology B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Deitism
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Provided a power source
A) True B) False
A) the establishment of cities B) the creation of government C) the domestication of oxen D) the invention of writing ![]()
A) Y B) W C) Z D) X
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 that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |