A) Missouri River B) Euphrates River C) Nile River D) Amazon River
A) Hammurabi B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Babylon
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Cuneiform B) English C) Babylon D) stylus
A) People and how they speak B) Ruler C) River in Mesopotamia D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile River B) South America C) Fertile Crescent D) Australia
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Islam D) Monotheism
A) Egypt B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Saudi Arabia
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 Nile C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Orontes
A) To make public signs B) To tell stories C) To keep cows D) To keep records
A) France B) South America C) Asia D) Africa
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. 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 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 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) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
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 Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 1904 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 B.C.E
A) A paleolithic tool B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A new method of fighting
A) City-State B) State-City C) Culture D) Empire
A) priest B) slave C) king D) scribe
A) mystery B) tall tale C) epic D) fairy tale
A) poppy B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Phoenicians D) Chaldeans
A) purple dye B) glass objects C) cedar wood D) chariots
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Assyrians D) Babylonians
A) alphabet B) purple dye C) a code of laws D) wheel
A) Enlil B) Inanna C) Utu D) Zeus
A) King B) traders C) farmers D) priest E) craftsmen
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Lydians
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) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) led directly to the development of democracy C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Utu
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) disciples B) polytheism C) deities D) rulers
A) kings B) war chiefs C) farmers D) priests
A) to honor the gods B) to mark the center of the city C) so architects could display their work D) so they could easily be found
A) battleships and iron weapons B) iron weapons and chariots C) bows and arrows D) fire and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Hittites C) Chaldeans D) Kassites
A) the Hittites B) the Phoenicians C) the Kassites D) the Assyrians
A) Sumer B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Babylon
A) all of the these B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) people living in an organized society E) a division of labor
A) Geographers B) Historians C) Anthropologists D) Archaeologists
A) The forest was full of animals B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The hills were rich with gold 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 tell stories C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To teach people to farm
A) Deitism B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Theology
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a power source C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) False B) True
A) the creation of government B) the invention of writing C) the establishment of cities D) the domestication of oxen
A) Y B) X C) Z D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |