A) Amazon River B) Euphrates River C) Nile River D) Missouri River
A) Ur B) Hammurabi C) Babylon D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Cuneiform B) Babylon C) English D) stylus
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) River in Mesopotamia C) Ruler D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile River B) Australia C) Fertile Crescent D) South America
A) Synagogue B) Pyramid C) Church D) Ziggurat
A) Polytheism B) Islam C) Monotheism D) Jew
A) Iraq B) Egypt C) Antarctica D) Saudi Arabia
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) Form of religion C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Nile C) The Red Sea D) The Orontes
A) To keep records B) To make public signs C) To keep cows D) To tell stories
A) France B) Asia C) Africa D) South America
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
A) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. C) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits 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 Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates 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 paleolithic tool C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A new method of fighting
A) City-State B) Culture C) Empire D) State-City
A) slave B) king C) scribe D) priest
A) tall tale B) epic C) mystery D) fairy tale
A) poppy B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Gilgamesh B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) chariots B) cedar wood C) glass objects D) purple dye
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) purple dye B) wheel C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Zeus B) Enlil C) Inanna D) Utu
A) King B) farmers C) priest D) traders E) craftsmen
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Lydians D) Babylonians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
A) led directly to the development of democracy B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws 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) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) rulers B) polytheism C) disciples D) deities
A) farmers B) priests C) war chiefs D) kings
A) to honor the gods B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) so architects could display their work
A) battleships and iron weapons B) bows and arrows C) iron weapons and chariots D) fire and chariots
A) Kassites B) Hittites C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) the Assyrians B) the Phoenicians C) the Kassites D) the Hittites
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Nineveh D) Sumer
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) Historians D) Anthropologists
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) Old products are not used anymore B) Populations decrease C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To tell stories B) To teach people to farm C) To record information D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Deitism C) Theology D) Monotheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a power source
A) True B) False
A) the creation of government B) the invention of writing C) the domestication of oxen D) the establishment of cities ![]()
A) X B) Y C) W D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |