A) Nile River B) Amazon River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Babylon B) Mesopotamia C) Hammurabi D) Ur
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) English
A) People and how they speak B) River in Mesopotamia C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) Ruler
A) Australia B) South America C) Fertile Crescent D) Fertile River
A) Synagogue B) Ziggurat C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Islam C) Jew D) Polytheism
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
A) Form of religion B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Nile B) The Red Sea C) The Orontes D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To keep cows B) To keep records C) To tell stories D) To make public signs
A) Asia B) South America C) France D) Africa
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. 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 used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. 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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) heavy rain falling throughout the area 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 trade over long distances. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 1904 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 B.C.E
A) A paleolithic tool B) A means to control water supply to the land C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A new method of fighting
A) Culture B) Empire C) City-State D) State-City
A) scribe B) king C) priest D) slave
A) tall tale B) epic C) mystery D) fairy tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) poppy
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) glass objects B) cedar wood C) chariots D) purple dye
A) Babylonians B) Assyrians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) a code of laws C) wheel D) alphabet
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Inanna D) Enlil
A) priest B) craftsmen C) farmers D) King E) traders
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
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) 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) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Utu D) Sargon
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) deities B) disciples C) rulers D) polytheism
A) priests B) kings C) farmers D) war chiefs
A) to honor the gods B) to mark the center of the city C) so architects could display their work D) so they could easily be found
A) battleships and iron weapons B) bows and arrows C) iron weapons and chariots D) fire and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Kassites D) Hittites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Hittites
A) Ur B) Sumer C) Babylon D) Nineveh
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 caves provided shelter for the people B) The soil was good for crops C) The hills were rich with gold D) The forest was full of animals
A) Old products are not used anymore B) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Wars are fought over new land D) Populations decrease
A) To tell stories B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To record information D) To teach people to farm
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Deitism D) Theology
A) Provided a power source B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the invention of writing B) the creation of government C) the domestication of oxen D) the establishment of cities
A) Y B) W C) X D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |