A) Euphrates River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Nile River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Hammurabi D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) English B) Babylon C) Cuneiform D) stylus
A) Ruler B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) River in Mesopotamia D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Fertile River D) Australia
A) Pyramid B) Synagogue C) Church D) Ziggurat
A) Jew B) Islam C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Egypt D) Saudi Arabia
A) Form of religion B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Nile B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Red Sea D) The Orontes
A) To keep cows B) To make public signs C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) France B) Africa C) South America D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Laws 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 rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
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 trade over long distances. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
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) State-City B) Empire C) City-State D) Culture
A) slave B) priest C) king D) scribe
A) tall tale B) fairy tale C) epic D) mystery
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) poppy
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Phoenicians D) Sumerians
A) chariots B) purple dye C) glass objects D) cedar wood
A) Sumerians B) Assyrians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) alphabet B) a code of laws C) purple dye D) wheel
A) Utu B) Inanna C) Enlil D) Zeus
A) traders B) craftsmen C) King D) priest E) farmers
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Lydians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East 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) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Utu D) Hammurabi
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) polytheism B) disciples C) deities D) rulers
A) war chiefs B) kings C) farmers D) priests
A) so they could easily be found B) to mark the center of the city C) to honor the gods D) so architects could display their work
A) fire and chariots B) bows and arrows C) iron weapons and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Hittites B) Chaldeans C) Kassites D) Phoenicians
A) the Assyrians B) the Kassites C) the Hittites D) the Phoenicians
A) Nineveh B) Babylon C) Sumer D) Ur
A) people living in an organized society B) all of the these C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) a division of labor
A) Geographers B) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists D) Historians
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The soil was good for crops C) The forest was full of animals D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Populations decrease B) Old products are not used anymore C) Wars are fought over new land D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To tell stories B) To record information C) To teach people to farm D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Theology D) Deitism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a power source
A) True B) False
A) the creation of government B) the domestication of oxen C) the establishment of cities D) the invention of writing ![]()
A) Y B) W C) X D) Z
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. |