A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Missouri River D) Nile River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) English B) stylus C) Babylon D) Cuneiform
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) River in Mesopotamia C) Ruler D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Fertile River D) Australia
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Jew B) Islam C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Egypt D) Saudi Arabia
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) Form of religion
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Nile C) The Red Sea D) The Orontes
A) To keep records B) To keep cows C) To make public signs D) To tell stories
A) France B) Africa C) Asia D) South America
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. 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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 1904 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) Culture C) Empire D) City-State
A) king B) scribe C) priest D) slave
A) epic B) fairy tale C) mystery D) tall tale
A) poppy B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) glass objects B) chariots C) purple dye D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Assyrians D) Chaldeans
A) a code of laws B) alphabet C) wheel D) purple dye
A) Zeus B) Enlil C) Utu D) Inanna
A) priest B) King C) craftsmen D) farmers E) traders
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Lydians
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations 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's in an arid valley in the Middle East
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) led directly to the development of democracy D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Utu B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) disciples B) rulers C) deities D) polytheism
A) priests B) kings C) war chiefs D) farmers
A) to honor the gods B) so they could easily be found 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) fire and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Chaldeans B) Kassites C) Hittites D) Phoenicians
A) the Phoenicians B) the Assyrians C) the Kassites D) the Hittites
A) Babylon B) Sumer C) Ur D) Nineveh
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) a division of labor D) all of the these E) people living in an organized society
A) Geographers B) Historians C) Archaeologists D) Anthropologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The forest was full of animals C) The soil was good for crops 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 record information B) To tell stories C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To teach people to farm
A) Theology B) Monotheism C) Deitism D) Polytheism
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Provided a power source
A) True B) False
A) the domestication of oxen B) the establishment of cities C) the invention of writing D) the creation of government
A) W B) Z C) X D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. 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 the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |