A) Missouri River B) Euphrates River C) Nile River D) Amazon River
A) Ur B) Hammurabi C) Babylon D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) stylus B) Cuneiform C) Babylon D) English
A) Ruler B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) People and how they speak D) River in Mesopotamia
A) South America B) Fertile Crescent C) Fertile River D) Australia
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Islam B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Iraq B) Saudi Arabia C) Egypt D) Antarctica
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) Form of religion
A) The Red Sea B) The Orontes C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Nile
A) To tell stories B) To make public signs C) To keep records D) To keep cows
A) France B) South America C) Asia D) Africa
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Laws
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. 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 decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. 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 trade over long distances. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 1904 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) A new method of fighting B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A paleolithic tool
A) Culture B) Empire C) City-State D) State-City
A) king B) scribe C) slave D) priest
A) tall tale B) mystery C) epic D) fairy tale
A) poppy B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Babylonians
A) purple dye B) glass objects C) chariots D) cedar wood
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Assyrians D) Babylonians
A) purple dye B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) wheel
A) Enlil B) Zeus C) Utu D) Inanna
A) farmers B) craftsmen C) King D) traders E) priest
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Lydians
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture 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) Utu B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) rulers B) deities C) disciples D) polytheism
A) war chiefs B) kings C) priests D) farmers
A) so they could easily be found B) to honor the gods C) to mark the center of the city D) so architects could display their work
A) battleships and iron weapons B) fire and chariots C) iron weapons and chariots D) bows and arrows
A) Chaldeans B) Kassites C) Hittites D) Phoenicians
A) the Hittites B) the Phoenicians C) the Kassites D) the Assyrians
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Nineveh D) Ur
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) a division of labor C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) all of the these E) people living in an organized society
A) Anthropologists B) Historians C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
A) The soil was good for crops B) The forest was full of animals C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Old products are not used anymore B) Populations decrease 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) Deitism B) Monotheism C) Theology 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 invention of writing B) the domestication of oxen C) the creation of government D) the establishment of cities
A) Y B) X C) W D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. 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 the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |