Mesopotamia - Ch 3 Test - (Mitchell)
A) Amazon River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Mesopotamia B) Ur C) Hammurabi D) Babylon
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Babylon B) stylus C) English D) Cuneiform
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) People and how they speak C) Ruler D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile River B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile Crescent
A) Ziggurat B) Synagogue C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Polytheism B) Islam C) Monotheism D) Jew
A) Antarctica B) Egypt C) Iraq D) Saudi Arabia
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) Form of religion C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Orontes B) The Red Sea C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Nile
A) To keep cows B) To make public signs C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) South America B) France C) Asia D) Africa
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
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 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 first written body of laws used to organize society. D) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 1904 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A paleolithic tool C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A new method of fighting
A) City-State B) Culture C) State-City D) Empire
A) scribe B) king C) slave D) priest
A) fairy tale B) mystery C) tall tale D) epic
A) Sargon B) poppy C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Phoenicians D) Babylonians
A) chariots B) purple dye C) glass objects D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) wheel B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) purple dye
A) Zeus B) Inanna C) Utu D) Enlil
A) farmers B) priest C) King D) traders E) craftsmen
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Chaldeans
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations 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) the people who lived there had lots of children
A) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Utu
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) polytheism B) disciples C) deities D) rulers
A) farmers B) priests C) war chiefs 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) iron weapons and chariots B) fire and chariots C) bows and arrows D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Phoenicians B) Kassites C) Hittites D) Chaldeans
A) the Kassites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Ur B) Sumer C) Nineveh D) Babylon
A) all of the these B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) a division of labor E) people living in an organized society
A) Archaeologists B) Historians C) Geographers D) Anthropologists
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) Old products are not used anymore 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 record information D) To teach people to farm
A) Deitism B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Theology
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 domestication of oxen C) the establishment of cities D) the creation of government 
A) Y B) W C) Z D) X
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. |
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