A) Nile River B) Amazon River C) Missouri River D) Euphrates River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Cuneiform B) stylus C) English D) Babylon
A) Ruler B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) River in Mesopotamia D) People and how they speak
A) South America B) Fertile River C) Fertile Crescent D) Australia
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Jew B) Polytheism C) Islam D) Monotheism
A) Antarctica B) Egypt 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 Red Sea B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Nile D) The Orontes
A) To make public signs B) To keep cows C) To tell stories D) To keep records
A) Africa B) Asia C) South America D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Laws 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 used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
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) 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 build a powerful navy. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Zagro 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) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A paleolithic tool
A) State-City B) Culture C) City-State D) Empire
A) slave B) scribe C) priest D) king
A) epic B) mystery C) tall tale D) fairy tale
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) chariots C) glass objects D) cedar wood
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Assyrians D) Babylonians
A) a code of laws B) wheel C) alphabet D) purple dye
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) craftsmen B) priest C) farmers D) King E) traders
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians 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) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Utu D) Hammurabi
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) rulers B) polytheism C) deities D) disciples
A) priests B) war chiefs C) farmers D) kings
A) to honor the gods B) so architects could display their work C) so they could easily be found D) to mark the center of the city
A) iron weapons and chariots B) bows and arrows C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Hittites B) Phoenicians C) Kassites D) Chaldeans
A) the Hittites B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Phoenicians
A) Nineveh B) Sumer C) Ur D) Babylon
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people living in an organized society D) a division of labor E) all of the these
A) Historians B) Geographers C) Anthropologists D) Archaeologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The hills were rich with gold C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The forest was full of animals
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 record information B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To teach people to farm D) To tell stories
A) Theology B) Polytheism C) Deitism D) Monotheism
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) False B) True
A) the invention of writing B) the creation of government C) the establishment of cities D) the domestication of oxen
A) X B) W C) Y D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |