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