A) Nile River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Euphrates River
A) Babylon B) Hammurabi C) Mesopotamia D) Ur
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) stylus B) Babylon C) Cuneiform D) English
A) People and how they speak B) Ruler C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile River
A) Ziggurat B) Pyramid C) Church D) Synagogue
A) Monotheism B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Islam
A) Antarctica B) Egypt C) Saudi Arabia D) Iraq
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) Form of religion C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions 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 make public signs C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) France B) Asia C) Africa D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. 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) 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 grow more crops. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 AD
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) Empire B) Culture C) State-City D) City-State
A) priest B) slave C) scribe D) king
A) fairy tale B) tall tale C) mystery D) epic
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) poppy D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) cedar wood B) chariots C) purple dye D) glass objects
A) Chaldeans B) Assyrians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) a code of laws B) purple dye C) alphabet D) wheel
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Inanna D) Enlil
A) farmers B) King C) traders D) craftsmen E) priest
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) the people who lived there had lots of children D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) led directly to the development of democracy D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Utu D) Gilgamesh
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) rulers D) deities
A) priests B) war chiefs C) kings D) farmers
A) so architects could display their work B) so they could easily be found C) to mark the center of the city D) to honor the gods
A) bows and arrows B) battleships and iron weapons C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Hittites C) Chaldeans D) Kassites
A) the Kassites B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Phoenicians
A) Nineveh B) Ur C) Babylon D) Sumer
A) a division of labor B) people living in an organized society C) all of the these D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Archaeologists B) Anthropologists C) Geographers D) Historians
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The hills were rich with gold C) The forest was full of animals D) The soil was good for crops
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 teach people to farm B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To record information D) To tell stories
A) Monotheism B) Deitism C) Polytheism D) Theology
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a power source 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) X B) Z C) Y D) W
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 that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |