A) Euphrates River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Nile River
A) Mesopotamia B) Babylon C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) stylus B) English C) Babylon D) Cuneiform
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Ruler C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile River B) Australia C) South America D) Fertile Crescent
A) Ziggurat B) Synagogue C) Pyramid D) Church
A) Islam B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Jew
A) Iraq B) Egypt C) Saudi Arabia D) Antarctica
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Form of religion D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Orontes B) The Nile C) The Red Sea D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To keep records B) To keep cows C) To make public signs D) To tell stories
A) Asia B) France C) South America D) Africa
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. C) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf 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 remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 3500 AD D) 1904 AD
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) slave B) king C) scribe D) priest
A) epic B) tall tale C) mystery D) fairy tale
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) poppy D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) glass objects B) cedar wood C) chariots D) purple dye
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) wheel B) alphabet C) purple dye D) a code of laws
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) traders B) craftsmen C) King D) farmers E) priest
A) Babylonians B) Lydians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
A) led directly to the development of democracy B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Utu
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) disciples B) deities C) polytheism D) rulers
A) war chiefs B) priests C) kings D) farmers
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) battleships and iron weapons B) iron weapons and chariots C) fire and chariots D) bows and arrows
A) Kassites B) Phoenicians C) Hittites D) Chaldeans
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Hittites
A) Ur B) Sumer C) Nineveh D) Babylon
A) all of the these B) people living in an organized society C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) a division of labor E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Archaeologists B) Historians C) Geographers D) Anthropologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The hills were rich with gold C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The forest was full of animals
A) Populations decrease B) Old products are not used anymore C) Wars are fought over new land D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To tell stories B) To teach people to farm C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To record information
A) Theology B) Deitism C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
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) False B) True
A) the invention of writing B) the domestication of oxen C) the establishment of cities D) the creation of government ![]()
A) Y B) Z C) X D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |