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