A) Missouri River B) Nile River C) Euphrates River D) Amazon River
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Mesopotamia D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) Babylon D) stylus
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) Ruler C) People and how they speak D) River in Mesopotamia
A) South America B) Fertile River C) Australia D) Fertile Crescent
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Antarctica B) Saudi Arabia C) Egypt D) Iraq
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 Red Sea B) The Orontes C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Nile
A) To make public signs B) To keep cows C) To tell stories D) To keep records
A) France B) Africa C) Asia D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) City-State B) State-City C) Culture D) Empire
A) scribe B) slave C) priest D) king
A) tall tale B) mystery C) epic D) fairy tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) poppy D) Sargon
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) purple dye B) chariots C) glass objects D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Assyrians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) wheel C) alphabet D) a code of laws
A) Utu B) Zeus C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) craftsmen B) traders C) farmers D) priest E) King
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Chaldeans
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
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) Hammurabi D) Utu
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) polytheism B) disciples C) rulers D) deities
A) farmers B) kings C) priests D) war chiefs
A) to honor the gods B) so they could easily be found C) to mark the center of the city D) so architects could display their work
A) iron weapons and chariots B) fire and chariots C) bows and arrows D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Hittites B) Kassites C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) the Kassites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Nineveh 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) Historians C) Geographers D) Archaeologists
A) The forest was full of animals B) The hills were rich with gold C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The soil was good for crops
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Wars are fought over new land C) Populations decrease D) Old products are not used anymore
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) Theology C) Deitism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a route to get to other 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) Z C) W D) X
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. |