A) Euphrates River B) Nile River C) Amazon River D) Missouri River
A) Mesopotamia B) Hammurabi C) Babylon D) Ur
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Babylon B) stylus C) Cuneiform D) English
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) People and how they speak C) River in Mesopotamia D) Ruler
A) South America B) Fertile River C) Fertile Crescent D) Australia
A) Church B) Ziggurat C) Synagogue D) Pyramid
A) Islam B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Egypt D) Saudi Arabia
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) Form of religion
A) The Orontes B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Red Sea D) The Nile
A) To make public signs B) To tell stories C) To keep cows D) To keep records
A) Asia B) France C) South America D) Africa
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
A) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A paleolithic tool D) A new method of fighting
A) Empire B) State-City C) Culture D) City-State
A) slave B) scribe C) priest D) king
A) mystery B) epic C) fairy tale D) tall tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) poppy D) Hammurabi
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Phoenicians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) chariots B) purple dye C) cedar wood D) glass objects
A) Babylonians B) Assyrians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) a code of laws B) wheel C) purple dye D) alphabet
A) Enlil B) Zeus C) Inanna D) Utu
A) priest B) traders C) King D) farmers E) craftsmen
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Chaldeans
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations 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's in an arid valley in the Middle East
A) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection B) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Utu D) Hammurabi
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) disciples B) polytheism C) rulers D) deities
A) farmers B) priests C) war chiefs D) kings
A) to honor the gods B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) so architects could display their work
A) fire and chariots B) bows and arrows C) battleships and iron weapons D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Kassites C) Hittites D) Phoenicians
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Kassites D) the Phoenicians
A) Sumer B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Babylon
A) a division of labor B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) all of the these E) people living in an organized society
A) Geographers B) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists D) Historians
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The hills were rich with gold C) The soil was good for crops D) The forest was full of animals
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 communicate with new people from different areas B) To tell stories C) To teach people to farm D) To record information
A) Polytheism B) Theology 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 invention of writing C) the domestication of oxen D) the establishment of cities
A) Z B) Y C) W D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |