Mesopotamia - Ch 3 Test - (Mitchell)
A) Euphrates River B) Nile River C) Missouri River D) Amazon River
A) Mesopotamia B) Ur C) Hammurabi D) Babylon
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) Ruler C) People and how they speak D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Fertile River D) Australia
A) Synagogue B) Ziggurat C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Jew D) Islam
A) Egypt B) Saudi Arabia C) Antarctica D) Iraq
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) Form of religion D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Red Sea B) The Orontes C) The Nile D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To make public signs B) To keep records C) To keep cows D) To tell stories
A) South America B) Asia C) France D) Africa
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of Islam
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 is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf 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 remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 B.C.E C) 3500 AD D) 1904 AD
A) A paleolithic tool B) A new method of fighting C) A means to control water supply to the land D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) City-State B) Empire C) Culture D) State-City
A) scribe B) slave C) king D) priest
A) epic B) tall tale C) fairy tale D) mystery
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Phoenicians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) chariots C) cedar wood D) glass objects
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Assyrians
A) wheel B) purple dye C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Utu B) Zeus C) Inanna D) Enlil
A) King B) craftsmen C) farmers D) traders E) priest
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East 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) led directly to the development of democracy D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Gilgamesh B) Utu C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) rulers B) deities C) disciples D) polytheism
A) kings B) war chiefs C) priests D) farmers
A) so architects could display their work B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) to honor the gods
A) fire and chariots B) bows and arrows C) battleships and iron weapons D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Hittites B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Kassites
A) the Assyrians B) the Hittites C) the Phoenicians D) the Kassites
A) Sumer B) Nineveh C) Ur D) Babylon
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people living in an organized society D) all of the these E) a division of labor
A) Archaeologists B) Geographers C) Anthropologists D) Historians
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The soil was good for crops D) The forest was full of animals
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 record information B) To tell stories C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To teach people to farm
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Theology D) Deitism
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a power source C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the invention of writing B) the domestication of oxen C) the establishment of cities D) the creation of government 
A) W B) Z C) Y D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |
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