A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Missouri River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Mesopotamia D) Ur
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Cuneiform B) Babylon C) English D) stylus
A) Ruler B) River in Mesopotamia C) People and how they speak D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile River B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile Crescent
A) Synagogue B) Church C) Pyramid D) Ziggurat
A) Monotheism B) Jew C) Islam D) Polytheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Egypt C) Iraq D) Antarctica
A) Form of religion B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Orontes C) The Red Sea D) The Nile
A) To tell stories B) To keep cows C) To make public signs D) To keep records
A) Africa B) Asia C) France D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
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) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
A) They were able to trade over long distances. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A paleolithic tool C) A new method of fighting D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) State-City B) Culture C) Empire D) City-State
A) slave B) king C) scribe D) priest
A) epic B) fairy tale C) tall tale D) mystery
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Phoenicians
A) cedar wood B) chariots C) glass objects D) purple dye
A) Assyrians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) wheel C) alphabet D) a code of laws
A) Enlil B) Utu C) Zeus D) Inanna
A) craftsmen B) priest C) King D) traders E) farmers
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Lydians D) Sumerians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
A) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection B) led directly to the development of democracy C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Gilgamesh B) Utu C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
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) rulers B) deities C) polytheism D) disciples
A) war chiefs B) priests C) kings D) farmers
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) bows and arrows B) iron weapons and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Hittites B) Kassites C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) the Assyrians B) the Phoenicians C) the Hittites D) the Kassites
A) Ur B) Nineveh C) Babylon D) Sumer
A) people living in an organized society B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) a division of labor D) all of the these E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Archaeologists B) Geographers C) Historians D) Anthropologists
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The caves provided shelter for the people 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 communicate with new people from different areas C) To teach people to farm D) To tell stories
A) Deitism B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Theology
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Provided a power source D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the establishment of cities B) the invention of writing C) the domestication of oxen D) the creation of government
A) Z B) Y C) W D) X
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 their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |