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