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