A) Amazon River B) Nile River C) Missouri River D) Euphrates River
A) Ur B) Mesopotamia C) Hammurabi D) Babylon
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) Babylon D) stylus
A) Ruler B) River in Mesopotamia C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile Crescent B) Fertile River C) Australia D) South America
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Jew B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Egypt B) Iraq C) Antarctica D) Saudi Arabia
A) Form of religion B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Red Sea B) The Nile C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Orontes
A) To keep records B) To make public signs C) To keep cows D) To tell stories
A) France B) South America C) Africa D) Asia
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 as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. B) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 10,000 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) Culture B) Empire C) City-State D) State-City
A) slave B) priest C) king D) scribe
A) mystery B) epic C) fairy tale D) tall tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) poppy D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Phoenicians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) cedar wood B) purple dye C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Assyrians D) Babylonians
A) a code of laws B) wheel C) purple dye D) alphabet
A) Inanna B) Enlil C) Zeus D) Utu
A) priest B) craftsmen C) traders D) farmers E) King
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
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) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection B) led directly to the development of democracy C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Utu B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) disciples B) rulers C) deities D) polytheism
A) priests B) kings C) war chiefs 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) Kassites B) Chaldeans C) Hittites D) Phoenicians
A) the Assyrians B) the Phoenicians C) the Hittites D) the Kassites
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Sumer
A) people living in an organized society B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) all of the these E) a division of labor
A) Geographers B) Archaeologists C) Historians D) Anthropologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The hills were rich with gold C) The soil was good for crops D) The forest was full of animals
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 record information B) To tell stories C) To teach people to farm D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Theology B) Polytheism C) Deitism D) Monotheism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the creation of government B) the invention of writing C) the domestication of oxen D) the establishment of cities
A) X B) Y C) W D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |