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