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