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