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