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