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