A) Nile River B) Euphrates River C) Amazon River D) Missouri River
A) Babylon B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Cuneiform B) English C) stylus D) Babylon
A) People and how they speak B) River in Mesopotamia C) Ruler D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile River B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile Crescent
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Synagogue D) Pyramid
A) Islam B) Polytheism C) Jew D) Monotheism
A) Iraq B) Antarctica C) Egypt D) Saudi Arabia
A) Form of religion B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Nile B) The Orontes C) The Red Sea D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To keep cows B) To keep records C) To make public signs D) To tell stories
A) Africa B) France C) South America D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of land
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 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 is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf 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 remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 3500 B.C.E D) 1904 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) Culture B) City-State C) Empire D) State-City
A) priest B) scribe C) king D) slave
A) fairy tale B) epic C) mystery D) tall tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) poppy C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) chariots B) purple dye C) glass objects D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Assyrians D) Sumerians
A) alphabet B) wheel C) a code of laws D) purple dye
A) Enlil B) Inanna C) Zeus D) Utu
A) King B) farmers C) traders D) craftsmen E) priest
A) Lydians B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
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) 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 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) rulers B) deities C) polytheism D) disciples
A) farmers B) kings C) war chiefs D) priests
A) so they could easily be found B) so architects could display their work C) to mark the center of the city D) to honor the gods
A) iron weapons and chariots B) bows and arrows C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Kassites C) Phoenicians D) Hittites
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Kassites D) the Phoenicians
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Sumer D) Nineveh
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) Archaeologists C) Geographers D) Anthropologists
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The soil was good for crops D) The forest was full of animals
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Populations decrease C) Old products are not used anymore D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To tell stories C) To record information D) To teach people to farm
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Deitism D) Theology
A) Provided a power source B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) False B) True
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 all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |