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