A) Missouri River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Hammurabi B) Mesopotamia C) Babylon D) Ur
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) English B) stylus C) Babylon D) Cuneiform
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) People and how they speak C) River in Mesopotamia D) Ruler
A) South America B) Australia C) Fertile Crescent D) Fertile River
A) Pyramid B) Ziggurat C) Synagogue D) Church
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Jew D) Islam
A) Iraq B) Antarctica C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) Form of religion 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 tell stories B) To keep records C) To keep cows D) To make public signs
A) South America B) Asia C) Africa D) France
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 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 is the decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
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 Sumer Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates 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) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A paleolithic tool D) A new method of fighting
A) Culture B) City-State C) State-City D) Empire
A) slave B) king C) priest D) scribe
A) epic B) tall tale C) mystery D) fairy tale
A) poppy B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) chariots B) glass objects C) cedar wood D) purple dye
A) Babylonians B) Assyrians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) purple dye B) wheel C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Utu B) Zeus C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) King B) craftsmen C) farmers D) priest E) traders
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Sumerians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) the people who lived there had lots of children 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) led directly to the development of democracy D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Utu D) Gilgamesh
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) disciples B) polytheism C) deities D) rulers
A) war chiefs B) priests C) kings D) farmers
A) to honor the gods B) so architects could display their work C) to mark the center of the city D) so they could easily be found
A) battleships and iron weapons B) bows and arrows C) iron weapons and chariots D) fire and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Kassites D) Hittites
A) the Kassites B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Phoenicians
A) Babylon B) Sumer C) Ur D) Nineveh
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) all of the these C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) people living in an organized society E) a division of labor
A) Archaeologists B) Historians C) Anthropologists D) Geographers
A) The soil was good for crops B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The forest was full of animals D) The hills were rich with gold
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Populations decrease C) Old products are not used anymore D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To record information C) To teach people to farm D) To tell stories
A) Monotheism B) Theology C) Deitism D) Polytheism
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Provided a power source
A) False B) True
A) the creation of government B) the establishment of cities C) the invention of writing D) the domestication of oxen ![]()
A) X B) W C) Z D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |