A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Missouri River D) Nile River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Hammurabi D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) stylus B) Cuneiform C) English D) Babylon
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) Ruler C) River in Mesopotamia D) People and how they speak
A) Australia B) South America C) Fertile Crescent D) Fertile River
A) Pyramid B) Church C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Islam B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Jew
A) Saudi Arabia B) Egypt C) Iraq D) Antarctica
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Form of religion D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Red Sea B) The Orontes C) The Nile D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To keep records B) To keep cows C) To make public signs D) To tell stories
A) France B) Asia C) Africa D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. C) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to trade over long distances. 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) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 3500 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A paleolithic tool
A) State-City B) Culture C) Empire D) City-State
A) scribe B) king C) slave D) priest
A) fairy tale B) mystery C) epic D) tall tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) poppy D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) glass objects B) purple dye C) chariots D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Assyrians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) wheel B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) purple dye
A) Utu B) Inanna C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) craftsmen B) priest C) King D) farmers E) traders
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom 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) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Sargon B) Utu C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods 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 attack
A) disciples B) rulers C) deities D) polytheism
A) kings B) war chiefs C) farmers D) priests
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) iron weapons and chariots C) fire and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Kassites D) Hittites
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Kassites
A) Babylon B) Nineveh C) Sumer D) Ur
A) all of the these B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) people living in an organized society D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) a division of labor
A) Geographers B) Anthropologists C) Historians D) Archaeologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The soil was good for crops C) The forest was full of animals D) The hills were rich with gold
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Old products are not used anymore C) Wars are fought over new land D) Populations decrease
A) To record information B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To teach people to farm D) To tell stories
A) Deitism B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Theology
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the creation of government B) the establishment of cities C) the invention of writing D) the domestication of oxen
A) Z B) Y C) X D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |