A) Nile River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Euphrates River
A) Ur B) Hammurabi C) Mesopotamia D) Babylon
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) Babylon
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) People and how they speak C) River in Mesopotamia D) Ruler
A) Australia B) Fertile River C) Fertile Crescent D) South America
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Jew B) Monotheism C) Islam D) Polytheism
A) Iraq B) Egypt C) Saudi Arabia D) Antarctica
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 Red Sea B) The Nile C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Orontes
A) To tell stories B) To keep records C) To make public signs D) To keep cows
A) Asia B) South America C) Africa D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Laws
A) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. B) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. C) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. D) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 B.C.E C) 3500 AD D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A means to control water supply to the land C) A paleolithic tool D) A new method of fighting
A) State-City B) Culture C) Empire D) City-State
A) scribe B) slave C) priest D) king
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) tall tale D) epic
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) poppy D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) chariots C) cedar wood D) glass objects
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Assyrians D) Chaldeans
A) alphabet B) wheel C) purple dye D) a code of laws
A) Inanna B) Zeus C) Enlil D) Utu
A) craftsmen B) traders C) priest D) King E) farmers
A) Lydians B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
A) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Utu B) Gilgamesh 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) deities B) disciples C) polytheism D) rulers
A) farmers B) priests C) war chiefs D) kings
A) to mark the center of the city B) so they could easily be found C) to honor the gods D) so architects could display their work
A) battleships and iron weapons B) iron weapons and chariots C) bows and arrows D) fire and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Hittites C) Phoenicians D) Kassites
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Kassites
A) Sumer B) Ur C) Babylon D) Nineveh
A) all of the these B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) a division of labor D) people living in an organized society E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Archaeologists B) Geographers C) Anthropologists D) Historians
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) Wars are fought over new land C) Populations decrease 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) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Theology D) Deitism
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) True B) False
A) the domestication of oxen B) the invention of writing C) the creation of government D) the establishment of cities ![]()
A) Z B) W C) X D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |