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