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