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