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