A) Nile River B) Amazon River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) Cuneiform B) Babylon C) stylus D) English
A) River in Mesopotamia B) People and how they speak C) Ruler D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Fertile River D) Australia
A) Synagogue B) Pyramid C) Church D) Ziggurat
A) Islam B) Polytheism C) Jew D) Monotheism
A) Iraq B) Saudi Arabia C) Egypt D) Antarctica
A) Form of religion B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians 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 Nile C) The Orontes D) The Red Sea
A) To make public signs B) To keep records C) To tell stories D) To keep cows
A) Asia B) Africa C) South America D) France
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Laws
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. 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 displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. 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 is the decree that kings use to show their authority.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
A) They were able to trade over long distances. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
A) A new method of fighting B) A means to control water supply to the land C) A paleolithic tool D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) State-City B) City-State C) Culture D) Empire
A) king B) slave C) priest D) scribe
A) fairy tale B) tall tale C) epic D) mystery
A) poppy B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) purple dye B) cedar wood C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Assyrians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) wheel B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) purple dye
A) Enlil B) Zeus C) Inanna D) Utu
A) priest B) King C) farmers D) traders E) craftsmen
A) Babylonians B) Lydians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it was one of the earliest civilizations 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) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Utu
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 attack D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) disciples B) rulers C) polytheism D) deities
A) farmers B) priests C) war chiefs D) kings
A) to mark the center of the city B) so architects could display their work C) so they could easily be found D) to honor the gods
A) bows and arrows B) battleships and iron weapons C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Hittites C) Chaldeans D) Kassites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Assyrians C) the Hittites D) the Kassites
A) Babylon B) Sumer C) Ur D) Nineveh
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) Geographers B) Anthropologists C) Archaeologists D) Historians
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The soil was good for crops C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The forest was full of animals
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Populations decrease C) Old products are not used anymore D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To tell stories B) To record information C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To teach people to farm
A) Monotheism B) Theology C) Polytheism D) Deitism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the domestication of oxen B) the establishment of cities C) the invention of writing D) the creation of government ![]()
A) Y B) W C) X D) Z
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 that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |