A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Missouri River
A) Hammurabi B) Mesopotamia C) Babylon D) Ur
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) stylus B) Babylon C) English D) Cuneiform
A) People and how they speak B) Ruler C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile Crescent B) Australia C) Fertile River D) South America
A) Ziggurat B) Synagogue C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Islam C) Polytheism D) Jew
A) Egypt B) Iraq C) Antarctica D) Saudi Arabia
A) Form of religion B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Orontes B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Red Sea D) The Nile
A) To make public signs B) To keep cows C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) France B) South America C) Asia D) Africa
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. 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 first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 B.C.E C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A paleolithic tool D) A new method of fighting
A) Empire B) City-State C) Culture D) State-City
A) slave B) king C) priest D) scribe
A) epic B) fairy tale C) mystery D) tall tale
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) poppy D) Sargon
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) glass objects B) cedar wood C) chariots D) purple dye
A) Assyrians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) wheel C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Inanna B) Utu C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) traders B) farmers C) priest D) King E) craftsmen
A) Lydians B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) the people who lived there had lots of children 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) it was one of the earliest civilizations
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) led directly to the development of democracy 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) Sargon B) Utu C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) polytheism B) disciples C) deities D) rulers
A) war chiefs B) kings C) farmers D) priests
A) to mark the center of the city B) to honor the gods C) so architects could display their work D) so they could easily be found
A) bows and arrows B) battleships and iron weapons C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Hittites B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Kassites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Assyrians C) the Hittites D) the Kassites
A) Nineveh B) Sumer C) Babylon D) Ur
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) people living in an organized society C) all of the these D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) a division of labor
A) Anthropologists B) Historians C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The forest was full of animals C) The hills were rich with gold D) The soil was good for crops
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 teach people to farm B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To tell stories D) To record information
A) Theology B) Polytheism C) Deitism D) Monotheism
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 invention of writing B) the creation of government C) the domestication of oxen D) the establishment of cities ![]()
A) Z B) W C) X D) Y
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. |