A) Missouri River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Mesopotamia B) Ur C) Hammurabi D) Babylon
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) Cuneiform B) Babylon C) English D) stylus
A) River in Mesopotamia B) People and how they speak C) Ruler D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) South America B) Australia C) Fertile Crescent D) Fertile River
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Synagogue D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Jew D) Islam
A) Egypt B) Saudi Arabia C) Antarctica D) Iraq
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) Form of religion D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Red Sea C) The Nile D) The Orontes
A) To tell stories B) To keep records C) To keep cows D) To make public signs
A) South America B) France C) Africa D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of Laws
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 is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf 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 build a powerful navy. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 B.C.E C) 3500 AD D) 1904 AD
A) A new method of fighting B) A paleolithic tool C) A means to control water supply to the land D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) City-State B) Culture C) Empire D) State-City
A) king B) priest C) scribe D) slave
A) tall tale B) epic C) mystery D) fairy tale
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) glass objects C) chariots D) cedar wood
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Assyrians
A) wheel B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) purple dye
A) Utu B) Inanna C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) traders B) priest C) craftsmen D) King E) farmers
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
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) 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) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Utu
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) disciples B) rulers C) deities D) polytheism
A) war chiefs B) kings C) priests D) farmers
A) so they could easily be found B) to mark the center of the city C) to honor the gods 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) Hittites B) Phoenicians C) Kassites D) Chaldeans
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Kassites
A) Babylon B) Nineveh C) Ur D) Sumer
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) a division of labor C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) people living in an organized society E) all of the these
A) Geographers B) Anthropologists C) Historians D) Archaeologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The forest was full of animals C) The soil was good for crops D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Old products are not used anymore B) Wars are fought over new land C) Populations decrease D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To tell stories B) To record information C) To teach people to farm D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Theology C) Deitism D) Monotheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a power source C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) False B) True
A) the invention of writing B) the establishment of cities C) the domestication of oxen D) the creation of government
A) W B) X C) Y D) Z
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. |