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