A) Missouri River B) Euphrates River C) Amazon River D) Nile River
A) Ur B) Mesopotamia C) Hammurabi D) Babylon
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) stylus B) Babylon C) English D) Cuneiform
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) River in Mesopotamia C) Ruler D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile River B) Fertile Crescent C) South America D) Australia
A) Church B) Ziggurat C) Pyramid D) Synagogue
A) Jew B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Islam
A) Antarctica B) Egypt C) Iraq 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 Orontes B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Red Sea D) The Nile
A) To tell stories B) To keep records C) To keep cows D) To make public signs
A) Africa B) France C) Asia D) South America
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Laws
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 first written body of laws used to organize society. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
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) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 B.C.E C) 3500 AD D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A paleolithic tool C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A new method of fighting
A) State-City B) City-State C) Empire D) Culture
A) priest B) slave C) scribe D) king
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) tall tale D) epic
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) chariots B) glass objects C) purple dye D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Assyrians D) Sumerians
A) wheel B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) purple dye
A) Zeus B) Inanna C) Enlil D) Utu
A) traders B) King C) craftsmen D) priest E) farmers
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians 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) led directly to the development of democracy B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection 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) 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 keep people from moving to another city-state D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) disciples B) rulers C) polytheism D) deities
A) farmers B) priests C) kings D) war chiefs
A) so architects could display their work B) to honor the gods C) so they could easily be found D) to mark the center of the city
A) fire and chariots B) battleships and iron weapons C) bows and arrows D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Kassites C) Hittites D) Chaldeans
A) the Kassites B) the Phoenicians C) the Hittites D) the Assyrians
A) Sumer B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Babylon
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) all of the these C) a division of labor 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 caves provided shelter for the people B) The soil was good for crops C) The forest was full of animals D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Populations decrease B) Wars are fought over new land C) Old products are not used anymore D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To tell stories B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To record information D) To teach people to farm
A) Polytheism B) Deitism C) Theology D) Monotheism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations 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) W B) Z C) Y D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. 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 all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |