A) Amazon River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Mesopotamia B) Hammurabi C) Babylon D) Ur
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) stylus B) English C) Cuneiform D) Babylon
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) People and how they speak C) Ruler D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile River B) Fertile Crescent C) Australia D) South America
A) Church B) Ziggurat C) Synagogue D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Islam C) Jew D) Polytheism
A) Iraq B) Saudi Arabia C) Antarctica D) Egypt
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) Form of religion
A) The Red Sea B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Nile D) The Orontes
A) To tell stories B) To make public signs C) To keep records D) To keep cows
A) France B) Asia C) Africa D) South America
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. 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 decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf 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 remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 B.C.E
A) A new method of fighting B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A paleolithic tool
A) City-State B) State-City C) Empire D) Culture
A) priest B) scribe C) king D) slave
A) mystery B) tall tale C) fairy tale D) epic
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) chariots B) glass objects C) cedar wood D) purple dye
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Assyrians D) Babylonians
A) wheel B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) purple dye
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Inanna D) Enlil
A) craftsmen B) King C) priest D) farmers E) traders
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Lydians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture 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) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) led directly to the development of democracy D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Utu D) Gilgamesh
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) polytheism B) deities C) rulers D) disciples
A) kings B) farmers C) war chiefs D) priests
A) so architects could display their work B) to mark the center of the city C) to honor the gods D) so they could easily be found
A) bows and arrows B) fire and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Hittites D) Kassites
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Kassites D) the Phoenicians
A) Sumer B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Babylon
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) Historians B) Anthropologists C) Geographers D) Archaeologists
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The forest was full of animals D) The soil was good for crops
A) Wars are fought over new land B) Populations decrease C) Old products are not used anymore D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To record information B) To teach people to farm C) To tell stories D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Deitism D) Theology
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a power source C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the domestication of oxen B) the creation of government C) the establishment of cities D) the invention of writing
A) Z B) Y C) W D) X
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. |