A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Missouri River D) Nile River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Mesopotamia D) Ur
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Cuneiform B) stylus C) Babylon D) English
A) Ruler B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) People and how they speak D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile River B) South America C) Fertile Crescent D) Australia
A) Synagogue B) Pyramid C) Church D) Ziggurat
A) Polytheism B) Islam C) Jew D) Monotheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Egypt C) Iraq D) Antarctica
A) Form of religion B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Red Sea B) The Nile C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Orontes
A) To tell stories B) To keep cows C) To make public signs D) To keep records
A) France B) Africa C) South America D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
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 first written body of laws used to organize society. D) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits 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) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) City-State B) Culture C) State-City D) Empire
A) priest B) slave C) king D) scribe
A) fairy tale B) epic C) mystery D) tall tale
A) poppy B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Phoenicians D) Sumerians
A) glass objects B) chariots C) purple dye D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Assyrians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) a code of laws B) purple dye C) wheel D) alphabet
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) priest B) craftsmen C) King D) farmers E) traders
A) Babylonians B) Lydians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) the people who lived there had lots of children
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) led directly to the development of democracy C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Utu D) Sargon
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack 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 floods
A) polytheism B) deities C) rulers D) disciples
A) priests B) kings C) farmers D) war chiefs
A) so they could easily be found B) so architects could display their work C) to honor the gods D) to mark the center of the city
A) iron weapons and chariots B) fire and chariots C) bows and arrows D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Hittites B) Kassites C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Hittites
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Nineveh D) Ur
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) people living in an organized society C) a division of labor D) all of the these E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Anthropologists B) Historians C) Geographers D) Archaeologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The forest was full of animals D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Wars are fought over new land B) Populations decrease C) Old products are not used anymore D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To teach people to farm B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To record information D) To tell stories
A) Theology B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Deitism
A) Provided a power source B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) True B) False
A) the establishment of cities B) the invention of writing C) the creation of government D) the domestication of oxen
A) Z B) Y C) X D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |