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