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