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