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