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