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