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