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