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