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