A) Missouri River B) Nile River C) Euphrates River D) Amazon River
A) Mesopotamia B) Ur C) Babylon D) Hammurabi
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) English
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) Ruler C) River in Mesopotamia D) People and how they speak
A) Australia B) South America C) Fertile Crescent D) Fertile River
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Jew D) Islam
A) Antarctica B) Egypt C) Saudi Arabia D) Iraq
A) Form of religion B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Nile C) The Orontes D) The Red Sea
A) To keep records B) To make public signs C) To tell stories D) To keep cows
A) South America B) Asia C) France D) Africa
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of Laws
A) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. 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 rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
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 decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
A) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 AD
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A new method of fighting C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A paleolithic tool
A) City-State B) State-City C) Empire D) Culture
A) slave B) priest C) king D) scribe
A) tall tale B) epic C) fairy tale D) mystery
A) poppy B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) chariots B) glass objects C) purple dye D) cedar wood
A) Assyrians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) wheel B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) purple dye
A) Inanna B) Enlil C) Utu D) Zeus
A) priest B) traders C) craftsmen D) farmers E) King
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Lydians
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) 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) Sargon B) Utu C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
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) polytheism B) deities C) disciples D) rulers
A) war chiefs B) priests C) farmers D) kings
A) to mark the center of the city B) to honor the gods C) so architects could display their work D) so they could easily be found
A) fire and chariots B) iron weapons and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) bows and arrows
A) Kassites B) Chaldeans C) Hittites D) Phoenicians
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Hittites D) the Assyrians
A) Sumer B) Nineveh C) Babylon D) Ur
A) a division of labor B) people living in an organized society C) all of the these D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Historians B) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists D) Geographers
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The soil was good for crops C) The hills were rich with gold D) The forest was full of animals
A) Old products are not used anymore B) Wars are fought over new land C) Populations decrease 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) Polytheism B) Deitism C) Monotheism D) Theology
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 invention of writing B) the creation of government C) the domestication of oxen D) the establishment of cities ![]()
A) X B) Z C) W D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |