A) Nile River B) Euphrates River C) Amazon River D) Missouri River
A) Mesopotamia B) Babylon C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) Babylon B) English C) Cuneiform D) stylus
A) Ruler B) River in Mesopotamia C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile Crescent B) Australia C) Fertile River D) South America
A) Synagogue B) Pyramid C) Church D) Ziggurat
A) Polytheism B) Islam C) Jew D) Monotheism
A) Egypt B) Iraq C) Antarctica D) Saudi Arabia
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Form of religion D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Nile C) The Red Sea D) The Orontes
A) To make public signs B) To keep cows C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) France B) Asia C) South America D) Africa
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) heavy rain falling throughout the area 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 trade over long distances. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
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) City-State B) State-City C) Empire D) Culture
A) priest B) king C) scribe D) slave
A) mystery B) epic C) tall tale D) fairy tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) poppy
A) Gilgamesh B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) purple dye B) glass objects C) cedar wood D) chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Assyrians D) Sumerians
A) wheel B) purple dye C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Inanna B) Enlil C) Zeus D) Utu
A) farmers B) priest C) traders D) craftsmen E) King
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Lydians D) Sumerians
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) led directly to the development of democracy B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Utu D) Gilgamesh
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods 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) rulers D) deities
A) farmers B) priests C) war chiefs D) kings
A) so architects could display their work B) so they could easily be found C) to honor the gods D) to mark the center of the city
A) iron weapons and chariots B) fire and chariots C) bows and arrows D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Hittites D) Kassites
A) the Kassites B) the Hittites C) the Phoenicians D) the Assyrians
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Sumer
A) a division of labor B) all of the these C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people living in an organized society
A) Historians B) Anthropologists C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
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) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Old products are not used anymore D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To teach people to farm B) To record information C) To tell stories D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Monotheism B) Deitism C) Theology D) Polytheism
A) Provided a power source B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) False B) True
A) the invention of writing B) the establishment of cities C) the domestication of oxen D) the creation of government ![]()
A) X B) Z C) W D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |