A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Missouri River
A) Ur B) Hammurabi C) Mesopotamia D) Babylon
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) English B) Babylon C) Cuneiform D) stylus
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) Ruler D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile River B) Australia C) Fertile Crescent D) South America
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Synagogue D) Pyramid
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Jew D) Islam
A) Iraq B) Antarctica C) Egypt 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 Orontes B) The Nile C) The Red Sea D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To tell stories B) To make public signs C) To keep records D) To keep cows
A) Africa B) South America C) France D) Asia
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. 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 first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
A) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to trade over long distances. 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) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) A paleolithic tool B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A new method of fighting
A) Culture B) Empire C) State-City D) City-State
A) slave B) scribe C) king D) priest
A) fairy tale B) mystery C) tall tale D) epic
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) poppy D) Hammurabi
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Babylonians B) Phoenicians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) glass objects B) cedar wood C) purple dye D) chariots
A) Sumerians B) Assyrians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) a code of laws B) purple dye C) wheel D) alphabet
A) Enlil B) Zeus C) Inanna D) Utu
A) craftsmen B) priest C) King D) traders E) farmers
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Lydians
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) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Utu D) Gilgamesh
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) disciples B) deities C) rulers D) polytheism
A) kings B) priests C) war chiefs D) farmers
A) so architects could display their work B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) to honor the gods
A) battleships and iron weapons B) iron weapons and chariots C) bows and arrows D) fire and chariots
A) Kassites B) Phoenicians C) Chaldeans D) Hittites
A) the Assyrians B) the Phoenicians C) the Kassites D) the Hittites
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Sumer D) Nineveh
A) a division of labor B) people living in an organized society C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) all of the these E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Historians B) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists D) Geographers
A) The forest was full of animals B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The hills were rich with gold D) The soil was good for crops
A) Populations decrease B) Wars are fought over new land C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To tell stories C) To teach people to farm D) To record information
A) Theology B) Monotheism C) Deitism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
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) Y B) X C) Z D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. 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 all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |