A) Nile River B) Euphrates River C) Missouri River D) Amazon River
A) Hammurabi B) Ur C) Mesopotamia 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) English C) Babylon D) Cuneiform
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 Crescent B) Fertile River C) Australia D) South America
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Jew D) Islam
A) Antarctica B) Saudi Arabia C) Iraq D) Egypt
A) Form of religion B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Nile B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Orontes D) The Red Sea
A) To tell stories B) To keep cows C) To keep records D) To make public signs
A) France B) Asia C) Africa D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. 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 used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
A) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to trade over long distances. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 3500 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) A paleolithic tool B) A means to control water supply to the land C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A new method of fighting
A) City-State B) State-City C) Culture D) Empire
A) priest B) king C) scribe D) slave
A) epic B) fairy tale C) mystery D) tall tale
A) Sargon B) poppy C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) cedar wood C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Assyrians D) Chaldeans
A) wheel B) alphabet C) purple dye D) a code of laws
A) Zeus B) Enlil C) Utu D) Inanna
A) priest B) farmers C) traders D) craftsmen E) King
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
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) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Hammurabi B) Utu C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) rulers B) disciples C) polytheism D) deities
A) kings B) war chiefs C) farmers D) priests
A) to mark the center of the city B) so architects could display their work C) so they could easily be found D) to honor the gods
A) bows and arrows B) battleships and iron weapons C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Hittites B) Kassites C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) the Kassites B) the Assyrians C) the Hittites D) the Phoenicians
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Ur D) Nineveh
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) a division of labor C) all of the these D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government 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) Old products are not used anymore D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To teach people to farm B) To tell stories C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To record information
A) Deitism B) Polytheism C) Theology D) Monotheism
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 establishment of cities C) the creation of government D) the invention of writing
A) Z B) W C) Y D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |