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