A) Euphrates River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Amazon River
A) Mesopotamia B) Ur C) Babylon D) Hammurabi
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) stylus B) Babylon C) English D) Cuneiform
A) People and how they speak B) Ruler C) River in Mesopotamia D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Fertile River D) Australia
A) Ziggurat B) Synagogue C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Jew D) Islam
A) Iraq B) Saudi Arabia C) Antarctica D) Egypt
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 Tigris and Euphrates B) The Red Sea C) The Nile D) The Orontes
A) To make public signs B) To keep cows C) To tell stories D) To keep records
A) South America B) France C) Asia D) Africa
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 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 was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. 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) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
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) priest B) king C) scribe D) slave
A) tall tale B) epic C) mystery D) fairy tale
A) Sargon B) poppy C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) glass objects B) chariots C) cedar wood D) purple dye
A) Assyrians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) a code of laws B) purple dye C) wheel D) alphabet
A) Inanna B) Utu C) Enlil D) Zeus
A) craftsmen B) King C) traders D) priest E) farmers
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Lydians D) Babylonians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
A) led directly to the development of democracy B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Sargon B) Utu C) Hammurabi 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) war chiefs C) priests D) farmers
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) battleships and iron weapons B) fire and chariots C) iron weapons and chariots D) bows and arrows
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Kassites D) Hittites
A) the Kassites B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Phoenicians
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Sumer
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) all of the these D) a division of labor E) people living in an organized society
A) Archaeologists B) Historians C) Geographers D) Anthropologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The hills were rich with gold C) The forest was full of animals D) The caves provided shelter for the people
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 tell stories B) To record information C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To teach people to farm
A) Monotheism B) Deitism C) Theology D) Polytheism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a power source
A) True B) False
A) the establishment of cities B) the invention of writing C) the creation of government 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 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. |