Mesopotamia - Ch 3 Test - (Mitchell)
A) Missouri River B) Nile River C) Euphrates River D) Amazon River
A) Mesopotamia B) Hammurabi C) Babylon D) Ur
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) Cuneiform B) stylus C) Babylon D) English
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) River in Mesopotamia C) Ruler D) People and how they speak
A) South America B) Fertile Crescent C) Australia D) Fertile River
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Polytheism B) Islam C) Monotheism D) Jew
A) Saudi Arabia B) Iraq C) Antarctica D) Egypt
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) Form of religion C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Orontes C) The Red Sea D) The Nile
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 Islam B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. 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 first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to trade over long distances. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) A new method of fighting B) A paleolithic tool C) A means to control water supply to the land D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) Empire B) City-State C) Culture D) State-City
A) priest B) scribe C) king D) slave
A) epic B) fairy tale C) tall tale D) mystery
A) Hammurabi B) poppy C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Babylonians
A) cedar wood B) purple dye C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Assyrians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) alphabet B) wheel C) a code of laws D) purple dye
A) Enlil B) Inanna C) Utu D) Zeus
A) craftsmen B) traders C) King D) farmers E) priest
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
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) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) led directly to the development of democracy
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) kings B) war chiefs C) priests D) farmers
A) to honor the gods B) to mark the center of the city C) so architects could display their work D) so they could easily be found
A) fire and chariots B) bows and arrows C) iron weapons and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Chaldeans B) Hittites C) Phoenicians D) Kassites
A) the Hittites B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Phoenicians
A) Ur B) Sumer C) Nineveh D) Babylon
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) a division of labor C) people living in an organized society D) all of the these E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Historians B) Geographers C) Archaeologists D) Anthropologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The forest was full of animals D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Wars are fought over new land B) Populations decrease C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To teach people to farm C) To record information D) To tell stories
A) Deitism B) Theology C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a power source B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the domestication of oxen B) the invention of writing C) the establishment of cities D) the creation of government 
A) Y B) Z C) X D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |
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