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