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