A) Nile River B) Amazon River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Mesopotamia D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) Babylon
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) Ruler D) People and how they speak
A) South America B) Fertile Crescent C) Fertile River D) Australia
A) Church B) Synagogue C) Ziggurat D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Islam
A) Saudi Arabia B) Antarctica C) Egypt D) Iraq
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) Form of religion
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Orontes C) The Red Sea D) The Nile
A) To tell stories B) To keep cows C) To make public signs D) To keep records
A) South America B) France C) Africa D) Asia
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 B.C.E C) 3500 AD D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A new method of fighting D) A paleolithic tool
A) Empire B) City-State C) State-City D) Culture
A) scribe B) king C) slave D) priest
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) epic D) tall tale
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) poppy D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) chariots B) glass objects C) cedar wood D) purple dye
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Assyrians D) Babylonians
A) alphabet B) purple dye C) wheel D) a code of laws
A) Enlil B) Zeus C) Inanna D) Utu
A) King B) priest C) craftsmen D) farmers E) traders
A) Babylonians B) Lydians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) the people who lived there had lots of children
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) Hammurabi B) Utu C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) rulers B) disciples C) polytheism D) deities
A) priests B) kings C) farmers D) war chiefs
A) to honor the gods B) so they could easily be found C) so architects could display their work D) to mark the center of the city
A) bows and arrows B) battleships and iron weapons C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Hittites C) Chaldeans D) Kassites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Kassites
A) Sumer B) Ur C) Babylon D) Nineveh
A) people living in an organized society B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) all of the these E) a division of labor
A) Anthropologists B) Geographers C) Historians D) Archaeologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The forest was full of animals C) The soil was good for crops D) The hills were rich with gold
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 tell stories C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To record information
A) Deitism B) Theology C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Provided a power source B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the creation of government B) the establishment of cities C) the domestication of oxen D) the invention of writing
A) Y B) Z C) W D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |