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