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