A) Amazon River B) Nile River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Hammurabi D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) English B) stylus C) Babylon D) Cuneiform
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) Ruler C) People and how they speak D) River in Mesopotamia
A) South America B) Fertile Crescent C) Australia D) Fertile River
A) Pyramid B) Church C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Monotheism B) Jew C) Islam D) Polytheism
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 Tigris and Euphrates B) The Nile C) The Red Sea D) The Orontes
A) To make public signs B) To tell stories C) To keep cows D) To keep records
A) Africa B) France C) South America D) Asia
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Civilization 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 rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. B) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. C) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. 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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
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) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 3500 AD D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A new method of fighting C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A paleolithic tool
A) Culture B) City-State C) State-City D) Empire
A) king B) scribe C) slave D) priest
A) epic B) fairy tale C) tall tale D) mystery
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) poppy D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Phoenicians
A) cedar wood B) glass objects C) chariots D) purple dye
A) Assyrians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) wheel B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) purple dye
A) Zeus B) Inanna C) Utu D) Enlil
A) craftsmen B) priest C) traders D) King E) farmers
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Lydians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
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) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Utu
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) disciples B) deities C) polytheism D) rulers
A) priests B) kings C) farmers D) war chiefs
A) to mark the center of the city B) so they could easily be found C) so architects could display their work D) to honor the gods
A) iron weapons and chariots B) fire and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) bows and arrows
A) Kassites B) Hittites C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) the Assyrians B) the Hittites C) the Phoenicians D) the Kassites
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Sumer
A) all of the these B) a division of labor C) people living in an organized society D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Archaeologists B) Historians C) Geographers D) Anthropologists
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The forest was full of animals D) The soil was good for crops
A) Populations decrease B) Wars are fought over new land C) Old products are not used anymore D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To record information B) To teach people to farm C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To tell stories
A) Monotheism B) Deitism C) Theology D) Polytheism
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 domestication of oxen D) the establishment of cities ![]()
A) X B) Y C) Z D) W
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. |