A) Euphrates River B) Nile River C) Missouri River D) Amazon River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Hammurabi D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) Ruler B) River in Mesopotamia C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) People and how they speak
A) South America B) Australia C) Fertile Crescent D) Fertile River
A) Pyramid B) Church C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Monotheism B) Jew C) Islam D) Polytheism
A) Iraq B) Egypt C) Antarctica D) Saudi Arabia
A) Form of religion B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Nile C) The Orontes D) The Red Sea
A) To keep cows B) To make public signs C) To tell stories D) To keep records
A) Asia B) France C) Africa D) South America
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Civilization 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 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 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 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) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 1904 AD D) 10,000 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) City-State B) State-City C) Empire D) Culture
A) scribe B) slave C) priest D) king
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) tall tale D) epic
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) poppy D) Sargon
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Sumerians
A) glass objects B) cedar wood C) chariots D) purple dye
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Assyrians D) Chaldeans
A) wheel B) purple dye C) alphabet D) a code of laws
A) Enlil B) Zeus C) Utu D) Inanna
A) craftsmen B) priest C) traders D) farmers E) King
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
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) Utu B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack 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 floods
A) polytheism B) rulers C) disciples D) deities
A) farmers B) war chiefs C) priests D) kings
A) so they could easily be found B) to honor the gods C) so architects could display their work D) to mark the center of the city
A) iron weapons and chariots B) fire and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) bows and arrows
A) Kassites B) Phoenicians C) Chaldeans D) Hittites
A) the Kassites B) the Assyrians C) the Hittites D) the Phoenicians
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Sumer
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) a division of labor C) people living in an organized society D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) all of the these
A) Archaeologists B) Geographers C) Historians D) Anthropologists
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The forest was full of animals C) The soil was good for crops D) The caves provided shelter for the people
A) Wars are fought over new land B) Old products are not used anymore C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Populations decrease
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To record information C) To teach people to farm D) To tell stories
A) Theology B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Deitism
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) True B) False
A) the establishment of cities B) the invention of writing C) the domestication of oxen D) the creation of government
A) Y B) Z C) W D) X
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 the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |