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