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