A) Missouri River B) Euphrates River C) Nile River D) Amazon River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Hammurabi D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) Ruler B) People and how they speak C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Australia B) Fertile Crescent C) Fertile River D) South America
A) Pyramid B) Ziggurat C) Church D) Synagogue
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Antarctica B) Saudi Arabia C) Egypt D) Iraq
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) Form of religion C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Orontes C) The Red Sea D) The Nile
A) To keep cows B) To make public signs C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) Africa B) Asia C) France D) South America
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. 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 as jars or cups for the wealthy.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. D) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin 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 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) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) State-City B) Empire C) City-State D) Culture
A) slave B) priest C) king D) scribe
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) epic D) tall tale
A) Sargon B) poppy C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Phoenicians
A) chariots B) purple dye C) cedar wood D) glass objects
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) alphabet B) purple dye C) a code of laws D) wheel
A) Utu B) Enlil C) Zeus D) Inanna
A) farmers B) King C) craftsmen D) traders E) priest
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) the people who lived there had lots of children 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) led directly to the development of democracy C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Utu D) Gilgamesh
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) rulers B) polytheism C) deities D) disciples
A) kings B) war chiefs C) priests D) farmers
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) fire and chariots C) bows and arrows D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Hittites B) Kassites C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) the Assyrians B) the Kassites C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Babylon B) Sumer C) Nineveh D) Ur
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) people living in an organized society C) a division of labor D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) all of the these
A) Historians B) Anthropologists C) Geographers D) Archaeologists
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) Populations decrease B) Old products are not used anymore C) Wars are fought over new land D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To tell stories B) To teach people to farm C) To record information D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Deitism D) Theology
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 establishment of cities B) the domestication of oxen C) the invention of writing D) the creation of government
A) X B) Z C) Y D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |