A) Missouri River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Babylon B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) Cuneiform B) stylus C) Babylon D) English
A) People and how they speak B) Ruler C) River in Mesopotamia D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile River
A) Synagogue B) Ziggurat C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Islam B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Egypt D) Saudi Arabia
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Form of religion C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Red Sea B) The Orontes C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Nile
A) To make public signs B) To tell stories C) To keep records D) To keep cows
A) Africa B) Asia C) France D) South America
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 rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to trade over long distances. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. 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) 10,000 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 AD
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A paleolithic tool C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A new method of fighting
A) Empire B) State-City C) City-State D) Culture
A) scribe B) slave C) priest D) king
A) mystery B) epic C) fairy tale D) tall tale
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Phoenicians D) Babylonians
A) glass objects B) chariots C) cedar wood D) purple dye
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Assyrians D) Chaldeans
A) purple dye B) wheel C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Utu B) Zeus C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) King B) priest C) craftsmen D) traders E) farmers
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
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's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
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) led directly to the development of democracy D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Utu B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) rulers B) polytheism C) deities D) disciples
A) farmers B) kings C) war chiefs D) priests
A) so architects could display their work B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) to honor the gods
A) iron weapons and chariots B) bows and arrows C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Hittites C) Kassites D) Phoenicians
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Hittites
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Sumer D) Nineveh
A) all of the these B) people living in an organized society C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) a division of labor E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Geographers B) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists D) Historians
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) Populations decrease C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To teach people to farm B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To record information D) To tell stories
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Theology 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 establishment of cities C) the creation of government D) the domestication of oxen ![]()
A) Y B) X C) W D) Z
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 that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |