A) Nile River B) Amazon River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Ur B) Hammurabi C) Mesopotamia D) Babylon
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) Babylon D) stylus
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) Ruler D) People and how they speak
A) South America B) Fertile River C) Fertile Crescent D) Australia
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Islam B) Monotheism C) Jew D) Polytheism
A) Iraq B) Antarctica C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) Form of religion
A) The Red Sea B) The Orontes C) The Nile D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To make public signs B) To tell stories C) To keep cows D) To keep records
A) Asia B) France C) Africa D) South America
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 to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
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 trade over long distances. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 3500 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) Culture C) Empire D) City-State
A) scribe B) priest C) slave D) king
A) epic B) fairy tale C) tall tale D) mystery
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) poppy C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) chariots B) glass objects C) purple dye D) cedar wood
A) Chaldeans B) Assyrians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) wheel
A) Utu B) Inanna C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) priest B) King C) farmers D) traders E) craftsmen
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Chaldeans
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) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Utu B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) polytheism B) deities C) rulers D) disciples
A) farmers B) kings C) priests D) war chiefs
A) to honor the gods B) so architects could display their work C) so they could easily be found D) to mark the center of the city
A) fire and chariots B) bows and arrows C) iron weapons and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Hittites D) Kassites
A) the Kassites B) the Assyrians C) the Hittites D) the Phoenicians
A) Nineveh B) Sumer C) Ur D) Babylon
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) people living in an organized society C) all of the these D) a division of labor E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Anthropologists B) Historians C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
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) 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 communicate with new people from different areas D) To teach people to farm
A) Theology B) Deitism C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a power source C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the establishment of cities B) the domestication of oxen C) the invention of writing D) the creation of government
A) X B) Z C) W D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |