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