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