A) Euphrates River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Nile River
A) Hammurabi B) Ur C) Babylon D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Cuneiform B) English C) stylus D) Babylon
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) People and how they speak C) Ruler D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile Crescent B) Fertile River C) South America D) Australia
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Synagogue D) Pyramid
A) Islam B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Jew
A) Iraq B) Saudi Arabia C) Antarctica D) Egypt
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) Form of religion
A) The Red Sea B) The Nile C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Orontes
A) To keep cows B) To make public signs C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) Africa B) Asia C) South America D) France
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 as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. 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 was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
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 Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 3500 B.C.E C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
A) A new method of fighting B) A paleolithic tool C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) State-City B) Culture C) Empire D) City-State
A) slave B) scribe C) king D) priest
A) tall tale B) fairy tale C) mystery D) epic
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) poppy C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Phoenicians
A) cedar wood B) glass objects C) purple dye D) chariots
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) wheel B) purple dye C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Utu B) Inanna C) Enlil D) Zeus
A) farmers B) priest C) craftsmen D) King E) traders
A) Lydians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
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) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) led directly to the development of democracy
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 attack C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) disciples B) polytheism C) deities D) rulers
A) priests B) war chiefs C) farmers D) kings
A) so they could easily be found B) so architects could display their work C) to honor the gods D) to mark the center of the city
A) bows and arrows B) iron weapons and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Kassites B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Hittites
A) the Kassites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Sumer
A) a division of labor B) people living in an organized society 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) Historians B) Geographers C) Anthropologists D) Archaeologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The caves provided shelter for the people 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) Wars are fought over new land D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To teach people to farm C) To record information D) To tell stories
A) Deitism B) Polytheism C) Theology D) Monotheism
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 domestication of oxen C) the creation of government D) the invention of writing
A) Z B) W C) Y D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |