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