A) Euphrates River B) Nile River C) Amazon River D) Missouri River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Mesopotamia D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) People and how they speak B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) Ruler D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Australia B) Fertile Crescent C) South America D) Fertile River
A) Synagogue B) Ziggurat C) Pyramid D) Church
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Islam D) Jew
A) Antarctica B) Egypt C) Iraq D) Saudi Arabia
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Form of religion C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Nile B) The Orontes C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Red Sea
A) To make public signs B) To keep records C) To tell stories D) To keep cows
A) Asia B) France C) Africa 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 used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer 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) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A paleolithic tool D) A new method of fighting
A) City-State B) State-City C) Empire D) Culture
A) king B) slave C) scribe D) priest
A) epic B) tall tale C) fairy tale D) mystery
A) poppy B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Babylonians B) Phoenicians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) glass objects B) purple dye C) chariots D) cedar wood
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Assyrians
A) a code of laws B) alphabet C) wheel D) purple dye
A) Inanna B) Zeus C) Utu D) Enlil
A) farmers B) craftsmen C) traders D) priest E) King
A) Lydians B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
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) 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) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Gilgamesh B) Utu C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) deities B) disciples C) rulers D) polytheism
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) so architects could display their work D) to honor the gods
A) iron weapons and chariots B) battleships and iron weapons C) bows and arrows D) fire and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Hittites C) Phoenicians D) Kassites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Hittites D) the Assyrians
A) Nineveh B) Ur C) Babylon D) Sumer
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) people living in an organized society C) all of the these D) a division of labor E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Historians B) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists D) Geographers
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The forest was full of animals D) The soil was good for crops
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 tell stories B) To teach people to farm C) To record information D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Deitism B) Polytheism C) Theology D) Monotheism
A) Provided a power source B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the establishment of cities B) the domestication of oxen C) the invention of writing D) the creation of government
A) W B) Z C) Y D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |