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