A) Euphrates River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Amazon River
A) Mesopotamia B) Hammurabi C) Babylon D) Ur
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) People and how they speak B) River in Mesopotamia C) Ruler D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile River B) Fertile Crescent C) Australia D) South America
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Synagogue D) Pyramid
A) Polytheism B) Islam C) Jew D) Monotheism
A) Iraq B) Antarctica C) Egypt D) Saudi Arabia
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) Form of religion C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Nile B) The Orontes C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Red Sea
A) To tell stories B) To keep records C) To keep cows D) To make public signs
A) France B) Asia C) Africa D) South America
A) False B) True
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 used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin 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 trade over long distances. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 B.C.E
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A paleolithic tool C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A new method of fighting
A) State-City B) City-State C) Culture D) Empire
A) slave B) priest C) scribe D) king
A) epic B) tall tale C) fairy tale D) mystery
A) Sargon B) poppy C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Sumerians B) Phoenicians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) purple dye B) chariots C) cedar wood D) glass objects
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) a code of laws B) purple dye C) wheel D) alphabet
A) Enlil B) Inanna C) Zeus D) Utu
A) priest B) King C) craftsmen D) traders E) farmers
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Lydians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
A) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) led directly to the development of democracy D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Utu D) Sargon
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) priests B) war chiefs C) kings D) farmers
A) so they could easily be found B) to honor the gods C) so architects could display their work D) to mark the center of the city
A) battleships and iron weapons B) bows and arrows C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Hittites B) Chaldeans C) Kassites D) Phoenicians
A) the Phoenicians B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Kassites
A) Sumer B) Nineveh C) Babylon D) Ur
A) people living in an organized society B) a division of labor C) all of the these D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
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) Populations decrease B) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Wars are fought over new land D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To tell stories B) To teach people to farm C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To record information
A) Deitism B) Theology C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a power source C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the establishment of cities B) the invention of writing C) the domestication of oxen D) the creation of government
A) Z B) Y C) W D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |