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