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