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