A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Missouri River
A) Hammurabi B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Babylon
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Babylon B) English C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) People and how they speak B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) River in Mesopotamia D) Ruler
A) South America B) Australia C) Fertile River D) Fertile Crescent
A) Pyramid B) Synagogue C) Ziggurat D) Church
A) Islam B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Antarctica C) Egypt D) Iraq
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Form of religion D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Orontes B) The Red Sea C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Nile
A) To keep cows B) To tell stories C) To keep records D) To make public signs
A) France B) South America C) Africa D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Laws 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 was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. 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) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
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) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 3500 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
A) A paleolithic tool B) A means to control water supply to the land C) A new method of fighting D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) Empire B) City-State C) Culture D) State-City
A) scribe B) king C) slave D) priest
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) epic D) tall tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) poppy D) Sargon
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Phoenicians B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) cedar wood B) purple dye C) chariots D) glass objects
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Assyrians
A) a code of laws B) purple dye C) wheel D) alphabet
A) Zeus B) Inanna C) Enlil D) Utu
A) traders B) King C) craftsmen D) priest E) farmers
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
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) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) led directly to the development of democracy D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Utu
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) rulers B) disciples C) deities D) polytheism
A) kings B) priests C) farmers D) war chiefs
A) to mark the center of the city B) to honor the gods C) so architects could display their work D) so they could easily be found
A) bows and arrows B) battleships and iron weapons C) iron weapons and chariots D) fire and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Hittites C) Kassites D) Chaldeans
A) the Phoenicians B) the Assyrians C) the Kassites D) the Hittites
A) Ur B) Nineveh 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) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists D) Historians
A) The forest was full of animals B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The soil was good for crops D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Populations decrease B) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Old products are not used anymore D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To record information B) To teach people to farm C) To tell stories D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Deitism 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 establishment of cities B) the domestication of oxen C) the creation of government D) the invention of writing ![]()
A) Z B) Y C) W D) X
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 all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |