A) Amazon River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Mesopotamia D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Babylon B) English C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) People and how they speak B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) Ruler D) River in Mesopotamia
A) South America B) Fertile Crescent C) Australia D) Fertile River
A) Pyramid B) Synagogue C) Ziggurat D) Church
A) Polytheism B) Islam C) Monotheism D) Jew
A) Saudi Arabia B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Egypt
A) Form of religion B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Nile B) The Red Sea C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Orontes
A) To make public signs B) To keep records C) To tell stories D) To keep cows
A) South America B) Asia C) Africa D) France
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Civilization
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 basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. 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) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
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) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 3500 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A paleolithic tool C) A new method of fighting D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) City-State B) Culture C) State-City D) Empire
A) priest B) slave C) scribe D) king
A) tall tale B) mystery C) fairy tale D) epic
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) poppy C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) cedar wood C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Assyrians D) Chaldeans
A) alphabet B) a code of laws C) wheel D) purple dye
A) Enlil B) Utu C) Zeus D) Inanna
A) King B) craftsmen C) traders D) farmers E) priest
A) Lydians B) Babylonians C) Sumerians 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) led directly to the development of democracy D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Hammurabi B) Utu C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack 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) rulers C) disciples D) deities
A) priests B) kings C) war chiefs D) farmers
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) bows and arrows B) fire and chariots C) iron weapons and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Phoenicians B) Kassites C) Hittites D) Chaldeans
A) the Kassites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Ur D) Nineveh
A) people living in an organized society B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) a division of labor D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) all of the these
A) Geographers B) Historians C) Archaeologists D) Anthropologists
A) The forest was full of animals B) The soil was good for crops C) The hills were rich with gold D) The caves provided shelter for the people
A) Old products are not used anymore B) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Wars are fought over new land D) Populations decrease
A) To record information B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To tell stories D) To teach people to farm
A) Deitism B) Polytheism C) Theology D) Monotheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a power source C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Formed barriers around civilizations
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) Z B) X C) Y D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |