A) Missouri River B) Nile River C) Euphrates River D) Amazon River
A) Babylon B) Hammurabi C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) Ruler B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) River in Mesopotamia D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile River
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Islam B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Jew
A) Antarctica B) Saudi Arabia C) Egypt D) Iraq
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) Form of religion
A) The Orontes B) The Red Sea C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Nile
A) To tell stories B) To keep cows C) To keep records D) To make public signs
A) Africa B) France C) Asia D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of land 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 rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) A new method of fighting B) A paleolithic tool C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) City-State B) State-City C) Empire D) Culture
A) priest B) king C) slave D) scribe
A) mystery B) epic C) tall tale D) fairy tale
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) poppy D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Gilgamesh B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Sumerians B) Phoenicians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) purple dye B) cedar wood C) chariots D) glass objects
A) Assyrians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) wheel B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) purple dye
A) Enlil B) Utu C) Inanna D) Zeus
A) King B) traders C) priest D) farmers E) craftsmen
A) Lydians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) the people who lived there had lots of children D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
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) Hammurabi C) Utu D) Gilgamesh
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) deities B) disciples C) rulers D) polytheism
A) priests B) war chiefs C) kings D) farmers
A) to honor the gods B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) so architects could display their work
A) fire and chariots B) battleships and iron weapons C) bows and arrows D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Kassites B) Phoenicians C) Chaldeans D) Hittites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Assyrians C) the Kassites D) the Hittites
A) Nineveh B) Ur C) Sumer D) Babylon
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) a division of labor C) all of the these D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people living in an organized society
A) Geographers B) Anthropologists C) Historians D) Archaeologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The hills were rich with gold C) The soil was good for crops D) The forest was full of animals
A) Wars are fought over new land B) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Populations decrease D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To record information C) To tell stories D) To teach people to farm
A) Deitism B) Theology C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a power source C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the establishment of cities B) the domestication of oxen C) the creation of government D) the invention of writing
A) W B) X 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. |