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