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