A) Nile River B) Euphrates River C) Missouri River D) Amazon River
A) Mesopotamia B) Hammurabi C) Ur D) Babylon
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) stylus B) Cuneiform C) Babylon D) English
A) Ruler B) People and how they speak C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile River B) Australia C) South America D) Fertile Crescent
A) Synagogue B) Ziggurat C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Islam B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Egypt C) Antarctica D) Iraq
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) Form of religion D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Nile B) The Orontes C) The Red Sea D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To keep cows B) To keep records C) To make public signs D) To tell stories
A) Africa B) South America C) Asia D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. 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 decree that kings use to show their authority.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) heavy rain falling throughout the area 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 remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 3500 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A paleolithic tool C) A new method of fighting D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) State-City B) Empire C) City-State D) Culture
A) slave B) scribe C) king D) priest
A) mystery B) epic C) fairy tale D) tall tale
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) poppy
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) chariots B) cedar wood C) purple dye D) glass objects
A) Babylonians B) Assyrians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) wheel B) purple dye C) alphabet D) a code of laws
A) Inanna B) Zeus C) Enlil D) Utu
A) traders B) craftsmen C) farmers D) King E) priest
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) the people who lived there had lots of children D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
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) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Utu
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) rulers B) disciples C) polytheism D) deities
A) war chiefs B) priests C) farmers 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) battleships and iron weapons B) iron weapons and chariots C) bows and arrows D) fire and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Kassites C) Hittites D) Phoenicians
A) the Kassites B) the Hittites C) the Phoenicians D) the Assyrians
A) Sumer B) Nineveh C) Babylon D) Ur
A) all of the these B) people who produce more food than they need to survive 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) Historians C) Archaeologists D) Anthropologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The forest was full of animals C) The hills were rich with gold D) The caves provided shelter for the people
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 tell stories B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To record information D) To teach people to farm
A) Polytheism B) Theology C) Monotheism D) Deitism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the domestication of oxen B) the invention of writing C) the establishment of cities D) the creation of government
A) W B) Y C) Z D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |