A) Nile River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Euphrates River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Mesopotamia D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) Babylon D) stylus
A) Ruler B) River in Mesopotamia C) People and how they speak D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile River B) Australia C) Fertile Crescent D) South America
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Pyramid D) Synagogue
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Jew D) Islam
A) Antarctica B) Saudi Arabia C) Iraq D) Egypt
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 Red Sea B) The Nile C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Orontes
A) To keep records B) To make public signs C) To keep cows D) To tell stories
A) France B) South America C) Asia D) Africa
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. C) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. 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 is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin 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 trade over long distances. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) Empire B) Culture C) City-State D) State-City
A) priest B) king C) scribe D) slave
A) tall tale B) epic C) fairy tale D) mystery
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) poppy
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) purple dye B) cedar wood C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Assyrians D) Babylonians
A) alphabet B) a code of laws C) purple dye D) wheel
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Inanna D) Enlil
A) farmers B) King C) craftsmen D) traders E) priest
A) Lydians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture D) the people who lived there had lots of children
A) led directly to the development of democracy B) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom 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) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Utu
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) deities B) disciples C) rulers D) polytheism
A) priests B) war chiefs C) farmers D) kings
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) iron weapons and chariots B) battleships and iron weapons C) bows and arrows D) fire and chariots
A) Kassites B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Hittites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Hittites C) the Kassites D) the Assyrians
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Nineveh D) Sumer
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) people living in an organized society D) a division of labor E) all of the these
A) Anthropologists B) Historians C) Geographers D) Archaeologists
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) Old products are not used anymore B) Populations decrease C) Wars are fought over new land D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To tell stories B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To teach people to farm D) To record information
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Theology D) Deitism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Provided a power source D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the establishment of cities B) the domestication of oxen C) the creation of government D) the invention of writing
A) X B) W C) Y D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |