A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Missouri River
A) Babylon B) Mesopotamia C) Hammurabi D) Ur
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) Cuneiform 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) South America D) Fertile River
A) Synagogue B) Church C) Pyramid D) Ziggurat
A) Islam B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Egypt
A) Form of religion B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Orontes B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Red Sea D) The Nile
A) To keep records B) To make public signs C) To keep cows D) To tell stories
A) South America B) Africa C) Asia D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. B) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
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 basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
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) 1904 AD B) 3500 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) Culture B) Empire C) City-State D) State-City
A) king B) slave C) priest D) scribe
A) fairy tale B) epic C) mystery D) tall tale
A) Sargon B) poppy C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Phoenicians
A) glass objects B) purple dye C) chariots D) cedar wood
A) Chaldeans B) Assyrians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) alphabet B) wheel C) purple dye D) a code of laws
A) Utu B) Inanna C) Enlil D) Zeus
A) priest B) King C) traders D) craftsmen E) farmers
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Lydians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
A) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Utu D) Sargon
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) polytheism B) rulers C) disciples D) deities
A) kings B) war chiefs C) farmers D) priests
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) fire and chariots B) battleships and iron weapons C) bows and arrows D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Hittites B) Phoenicians C) Kassites D) Chaldeans
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Kassites D) the Phoenicians
A) Babylon B) Sumer C) Nineveh D) Ur
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) people living in an organized society C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) all of the these E) a division of labor
A) Anthropologists B) Archaeologists C) Historians D) Geographers
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The soil was good for crops D) The forest was full of animals
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 teach people to farm B) To record information C) To tell stories D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Monotheism B) Theology C) Polytheism D) Deitism
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) False B) True
A) the invention of writing B) the creation of government C) the domestication of oxen D) the establishment of cities
A) X B) Y C) Z D) W
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 all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |