A) Missouri River B) Amazon River C) Euphrates River D) Nile River
A) Ur B) Hammurabi C) Mesopotamia D) Babylon
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) Ruler B) River in Mesopotamia C) People and how they speak D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile River B) Australia C) South America D) Fertile Crescent
A) Ziggurat B) Synagogue C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Jew B) Monotheism C) Islam D) Polytheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Egypt
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) Form of religion C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Nile B) The Orontes C) The Red Sea D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To keep cows B) To keep records C) To make public signs D) To tell stories
A) Asia B) Africa C) South America D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of land
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 basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 AD
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A paleolithic tool C) A new method of fighting D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) City-State B) State-City C) Empire D) Culture
A) king B) scribe C) slave D) priest
A) epic B) mystery C) fairy tale D) tall tale
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) poppy D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Sumerians
A) glass objects B) chariots C) purple dye D) cedar wood
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Assyrians
A) alphabet B) purple dye C) wheel D) a code of laws
A) Enlil B) Inanna C) Zeus D) Utu
A) King B) traders C) priest D) craftsmen E) farmers
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Lydians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
A) led directly to the development of democracy 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) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Utu B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) polytheism B) disciples C) deities D) rulers
A) war chiefs B) priests C) farmers D) kings
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) iron weapons and chariots B) bows and arrows C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Hittites C) Kassites D) Phoenicians
A) the Kassites B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Phoenicians
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Ur D) Nineveh
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) all of the these C) people living in an organized society 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 hills were rich with gold B) The soil was good for crops C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The forest was full of animals
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 communicate with new people from different areas B) To tell stories C) To teach people to farm D) To record information
A) Monotheism B) Theology C) Deitism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a power source B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the establishment of cities B) the creation of government C) the invention of writing D) the domestication of oxen
A) Y B) X C) Z D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |