A) Amazon River B) Nile River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Mesopotamia B) Ur C) Hammurabi D) Babylon
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) Cuneiform D) stylus
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) People and how they speak D) Ruler
A) South America B) Fertile River C) Fertile Crescent D) Australia
A) Synagogue B) Pyramid C) Ziggurat D) Church
A) Jew B) Islam C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) Form of religion C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Orontes C) The Nile D) The Red Sea
A) To make public signs B) To keep records C) To tell stories D) To keep cows
A) Africa B) France C) Asia D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. 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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) heavy rain falling throughout the area 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) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Zagro 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) A means to control water supply to the land C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A paleolithic tool
A) City-State B) Culture C) State-City D) Empire
A) king B) scribe C) priest D) slave
A) epic B) mystery C) tall tale D) fairy tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) poppy D) Sargon
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) cedar wood B) purple dye C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) purple dye B) alphabet C) wheel D) a code of laws
A) Enlil B) Inanna C) Zeus D) Utu
A) priest B) King C) craftsmen D) farmers E) traders
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
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) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) the people who lived there had lots of children
A) led directly to the development of democracy B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws 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) Utu B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) rulers B) deities C) polytheism D) disciples
A) war chiefs B) priests C) farmers D) kings
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) fire and chariots B) iron weapons and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) bows and arrows
A) Chaldeans B) Kassites C) Phoenicians D) Hittites
A) the Hittites B) the Phoenicians C) the Kassites D) the Assyrians
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Sumer
A) people living in an organized society B) all of the these C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) a division of labor E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Geographers B) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists D) Historians
A) The soil was good for crops B) The forest was full of animals C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Populations decrease B) Wars are fought over new land C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To tell stories B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To record information D) To teach people to farm
A) Monotheism B) Deitism C) Polytheism D) Theology
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a power source 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 establishment of cities B) the invention of writing C) the domestication of oxen D) the creation of government
A) Y B) Z C) X D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. 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 that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |