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