A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Missouri River
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Hammurabi D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
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) Ruler D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile River B) Fertile Crescent C) Australia D) South America
A) Church B) Synagogue C) Ziggurat D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Islam D) Jew
A) Antarctica B) Egypt C) Iraq D) Saudi Arabia
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) Form of religion D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Red Sea B) The Nile C) The Orontes D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To keep cows B) To tell stories C) To keep records 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 Civilization C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Laws
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 first written body of laws used to organize society. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. 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) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 3500 AD D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) A new method of fighting B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) State-City B) Empire C) Culture D) City-State
A) slave B) king C) priest D) scribe
A) fairy tale B) mystery C) tall tale D) epic
A) Sargon B) poppy C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) chariots B) glass objects C) cedar wood D) purple dye
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Assyrians D) Sumerians
A) a code of laws B) purple dye C) wheel D) alphabet
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) farmers B) traders C) priest D) King E) craftsmen
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Lydians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
A) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) led directly to the development of democracy 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) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Utu D) Sargon
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) disciples B) deities C) rulers D) polytheism
A) kings B) farmers C) priests D) war chiefs
A) to mark the center of the city B) so architects could display their work C) to honor the gods D) so they could easily be found
A) battleships and iron weapons B) bows and arrows C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Kassites D) Hittites
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Kassites D) the Phoenicians
A) Babylon B) Nineveh C) Sumer D) Ur
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) all of the these C) people living in an organized society D) a division of labor E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Historians B) Anthropologists C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
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) 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 tell stories B) To teach people to farm C) To record information D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Monotheism B) Theology C) Deitism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a power source C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) False B) True
A) the creation of government B) the establishment of cities C) the invention of writing D) the domestication of oxen
A) Y B) X C) W D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |