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