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