A) Nile River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Euphrates River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Mesopotamia D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) stylus B) Cuneiform C) Babylon D) English
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) South America D) Australia
A) Pyramid B) Synagogue C) Ziggurat D) Church
A) Monotheism B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Islam
A) Saudi Arabia B) Iraq C) Antarctica D) Egypt
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 Tigris and Euphrates C) The Orontes D) The Red Sea
A) To tell stories B) To keep records 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 Civilization B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
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 decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) heavy rain falling throughout the area 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 build a powerful navy. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 3500 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 10,000 B.C.E
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) State-City C) Culture D) City-State
A) priest B) slave C) scribe D) king
A) fairy tale B) mystery C) tall tale D) epic
A) poppy B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) glass objects B) purple dye C) cedar wood D) chariots
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Assyrians D) Chaldeans
A) wheel B) purple dye C) alphabet D) a code of laws
A) Inanna B) Utu C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) traders B) priest C) farmers D) King E) craftsmen
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Lydians
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) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Utu
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) polytheism B) disciples C) rulers D) deities
A) priests B) war chiefs C) kings D) farmers
A) to honor the gods B) so architects could display their work C) to mark the center of the city D) so they could easily be found
A) iron weapons and chariots B) bows and arrows C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Kassites C) Chaldeans D) Hittites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Hittites C) the Kassites D) the Assyrians
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Sumer D) Nineveh
A) people living in an organized society B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) a division of labor D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) all of the these
A) Geographers B) Archaeologists C) Historians D) Anthropologists
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The forest was full of animals C) The soil was good for crops 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 communicate with new people from different areas C) To tell stories D) To record information
A) Monotheism B) Theology C) Deitism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Provided a power source
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) Y C) W D) X
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 all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |