A) Amazon River B) Euphrates River C) Missouri River D) Nile River
A) Hammurabi B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Babylon
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) River in Mesopotamia B) People and how they speak C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) Ruler
A) Fertile Crescent B) Australia C) South America D) Fertile River
A) Church B) Synagogue C) Pyramid D) Ziggurat
A) Polytheism B) Islam C) Jew D) Monotheism
A) Egypt B) Antarctica C) Saudi Arabia D) Iraq
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Form of religion C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Nile B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Red Sea D) The Orontes
A) To keep cows B) To make public signs C) To tell stories D) To keep records
A) Asia B) South America C) France D) Africa
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Laws
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) heavy rain falling throughout the area 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) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 10,000 B.C.E
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) City-State C) State-City D) Culture
A) king B) scribe C) priest D) slave
A) mystery B) tall tale C) epic D) fairy tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) poppy
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Sumerians B) Phoenicians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) cedar wood B) glass objects C) purple dye D) chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Assyrians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) alphabet B) a code of laws C) purple dye D) wheel
A) Utu B) Enlil C) Inanna D) Zeus
A) farmers B) traders C) priest D) craftsmen E) King
A) Lydians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
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) 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) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) disciples B) polytheism C) rulers D) deities
A) priests B) war chiefs C) kings D) farmers
A) so architects could display their work B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) to honor the gods
A) fire and chariots B) bows and arrows C) battleships and iron weapons D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Kassites B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Hittites
A) the Hittites B) the Kassites C) the Phoenicians D) the Assyrians
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Sumer D) Nineveh
A) people living in an organized society B) all of the these C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) a division of labor E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Anthropologists B) Geographers C) Historians D) Archaeologists
A) The forest was full of animals B) The soil was good for crops C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The hills were rich with gold
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 teach people to farm C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To tell stories
A) Deitism B) Monotheism C) Theology D) Polytheism
A) Provided a power source B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) True B) False
A) the invention of writing B) the establishment of cities C) the creation of government D) the domestication of oxen
A) Y B) Z C) X D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |