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