A) Euphrates River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Amazon River
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Hammurabi D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) English D) stylus
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) Australia C) Fertile Crescent D) South America
A) Ziggurat B) Synagogue C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Islam D) Monotheism
A) Egypt B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Saudi Arabia
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) Form of religion D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Red Sea B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Nile D) The Orontes
A) To make public signs B) To keep cows C) To tell stories D) To keep records
A) Africa B) South America C) France D) Asia
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Civilization
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 was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. 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) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) heavy rain falling throughout the area 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 build a powerful navy. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 1904 AD D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A paleolithic tool
A) Empire B) City-State C) State-City D) Culture
A) slave B) king C) scribe D) priest
A) mystery B) tall tale C) epic D) fairy tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) poppy D) Sargon
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Babylonians
A) chariots B) purple dye C) glass objects D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Assyrians D) Sumerians
A) a code of laws B) wheel C) purple dye D) alphabet
A) Inanna B) Enlil C) Utu D) Zeus
A) traders B) farmers C) craftsmen D) King E) priest
A) Babylonians B) Lydians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
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) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) the people who lived there had lots of children
A) led directly to the development of democracy B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws 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) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Utu D) Sargon
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) rulers B) disciples C) polytheism D) deities
A) priests B) war chiefs C) farmers D) kings
A) to mark the center of the city B) so they could easily be found C) to honor the gods D) so architects could display their work
A) bows and arrows B) battleships and iron weapons C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Hittites B) Chaldeans C) Kassites D) Phoenicians
A) the Phoenicians B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Kassites
A) Nineveh B) Ur C) Sumer D) Babylon
A) all of the these B) people living in an organized society C) a division of labor D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Geographers B) Anthropologists C) Historians D) Archaeologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The hills were rich with gold C) The forest was full of animals D) The caves provided shelter for the people
A) Old products are not used anymore B) Wars are fought over new land C) Populations decrease D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To record information B) To tell stories C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To teach people to farm
A) Deitism B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Theology
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 creation of government B) the invention of writing C) the establishment of cities D) the domestication of oxen
A) Y B) X C) Z D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |