A) Nile River B) Amazon River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Hammurabi B) Mesopotamia C) Babylon D) Ur
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) People and how they speak D) Ruler
A) Fertile River B) Fertile Crescent C) Australia D) South America
A) Ziggurat B) Synagogue C) Pyramid D) Church
A) Islam B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Jew
A) Iraq B) Egypt C) Saudi Arabia D) Antarctica
A) Form of religion B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Orontes B) The Nile C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Red Sea
A) To keep records B) To keep cows C) To tell stories D) To make public signs
A) Asia B) Africa C) South America D) France
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
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) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
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 Sumer Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A paleolithic tool C) A new method of fighting D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) State-City B) Culture C) Empire D) City-State
A) priest B) slave C) scribe D) king
A) tall tale B) fairy tale C) epic D) mystery
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) poppy
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) glass objects B) purple dye C) cedar wood D) chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Assyrians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) a code of laws B) wheel C) alphabet D) purple dye
A) Zeus B) Inanna C) Enlil D) Utu
A) priest B) craftsmen C) farmers D) King E) traders
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) it was one of the earliest civilizations 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) led directly to the development of democracy C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Utu
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) rulers B) deities C) disciples D) polytheism
A) war chiefs B) priests C) kings D) farmers
A) so architects could display their work B) to honor the gods C) so they could easily be found D) to mark the center of the city
A) battleships and iron weapons B) fire and chariots C) bows and arrows D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Hittites C) Kassites D) Chaldeans
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Hittites
A) Babylon B) Sumer C) Nineveh D) Ur
A) all of the these B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) a division of labor D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people living in an organized society
A) Archaeologists B) Historians C) Anthropologists D) Geographers
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The hills were rich with gold C) The soil was good for crops D) The forest was full of animals
A) Populations decrease B) Old products are not used anymore C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To tell stories B) To teach people to farm C) To record information D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Theology B) Polytheism C) Deitism D) Monotheism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Provided a power source
A) True B) False
A) the creation of government B) the domestication of oxen C) the establishment of cities D) the invention of writing
A) Z B) X C) W D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. 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 the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |