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