A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Missouri River D) Nile River
A) Hammurabi B) Ur C) Babylon D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Babylon C) Cuneiform D) stylus
A) People and how they speak B) Ruler C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Australia B) South America C) Fertile Crescent D) Fertile River
A) Synagogue B) Ziggurat C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Islam D) Jew
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Egypt D) Saudi Arabia
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Form of religion C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Orontes C) The Nile D) The Red Sea
A) To make public signs B) To keep records C) To tell stories D) To keep cows
A) France B) Africa C) South America D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. 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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 3500 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) A new method of fighting B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) State-City B) Culture C) City-State D) Empire
A) priest B) king C) scribe D) slave
A) epic B) tall tale C) mystery D) fairy tale
A) Sargon B) poppy C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Phoenicians B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) chariots B) glass objects C) purple dye D) cedar wood
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Assyrians
A) wheel B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) purple dye
A) Utu B) Zeus C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) traders B) craftsmen C) King D) priest E) farmers
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Lydians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
A) led directly to the development of democracy B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection 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 collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) disciples B) deities C) rulers D) polytheism
A) kings B) farmers C) war chiefs D) priests
A) to mark the center of the city B) so they could easily be found C) so architects could display their work D) to honor the gods
A) iron weapons and chariots B) bows and arrows C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Hittites B) Kassites C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) the Assyrians B) the Kassites C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Sumer B) Ur C) Babylon D) Nineveh
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) all of the these C) a division of labor D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people living in an organized society
A) Anthropologists B) Archaeologists C) Historians D) Geographers
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The soil was good for crops 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 teach people to farm B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To tell stories D) To record information
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Theology D) Deitism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a power source C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the domestication of oxen B) the creation of government C) the invention of writing D) the establishment of cities
A) X B) Z C) W D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |