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