A) Amazon River B) Nile River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Mesopotamia 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) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) River in Mesopotamia C) People and how they speak D) Ruler
A) Australia B) Fertile Crescent C) South America D) Fertile River
A) Church B) Ziggurat C) Synagogue D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Islam C) Jew D) Polytheism
A) Iraq B) Antarctica C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) Form of religion C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Nile C) The Orontes D) The Red Sea
A) To keep records B) To make public signs C) To keep cows D) To tell stories
A) Asia B) Africa C) South America D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Laws
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 rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) heavy rain falling throughout the area 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 grow more crops. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A paleolithic tool C) A new method of fighting D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) State-City B) City-State C) Culture D) Empire
A) priest B) slave C) scribe D) king
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) epic D) tall tale
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) poppy D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Phoenicians
A) cedar wood B) purple dye C) chariots D) glass objects
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) a code of laws B) purple dye C) wheel D) alphabet
A) Inanna B) Enlil C) Zeus D) Utu
A) priest B) farmers C) traders D) King E) craftsmen
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Lydians
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) Utu B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) polytheism B) rulers C) disciples D) deities
A) farmers B) war chiefs C) priests D) kings
A) so architects could display their work B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) to honor the gods
A) iron weapons and chariots B) fire and chariots C) bows and arrows D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Hittites B) Phoenicians C) Chaldeans D) Kassites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Hittites
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Nineveh D) Ur
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) a division of labor C) all of the these D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people living in an organized society
A) Historians B) Anthropologists C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
A) The soil was good for crops B) The forest was full of animals C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Populations decrease B) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Old products are not used anymore D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To record information B) To teach people to farm C) To tell stories D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Theology D) Deitism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a power source C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Formed barriers around civilizations
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) Z B) Y C) X D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |