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