A) Nile River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Euphrates River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) Babylon
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Ruler C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) People and how they speak
A) Australia B) Fertile Crescent C) Fertile River D) South America
A) Ziggurat B) Synagogue C) Pyramid D) Church
A) Monotheism B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Islam
A) Egypt B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Saudi Arabia
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Form of religion C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions 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 make public signs B) To keep records C) To tell stories D) To keep cows
A) South America B) Asia C) France D) Africa
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of Laws
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to trade over long distances. 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) 10,000 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 3500 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A paleolithic tool C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A new method of fighting
A) City-State B) Culture C) Empire D) State-City
A) priest B) slave C) scribe D) king
A) epic B) fairy tale C) tall tale D) mystery
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) poppy
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Phoenicians B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) cedar wood B) purple dye C) chariots D) glass objects
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Assyrians D) Chaldeans
A) a code of laws B) alphabet C) purple dye D) wheel
A) Utu B) Zeus C) Inanna D) Enlil
A) King B) priest C) farmers D) craftsmen E) traders
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Lydians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) the people who lived there had lots of children D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Utu
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) deities B) polytheism C) rulers D) disciples
A) kings B) priests C) war chiefs 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) battleships and iron weapons D) bows and arrows
A) Chaldeans B) Hittites C) Kassites D) Phoenicians
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Hittites
A) Ur B) Nineveh C) Babylon D) Sumer
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 living in an organized society E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Anthropologists B) Geographers C) Archaeologists D) Historians
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The soil was good for crops D) The forest was full of animals
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Wars are fought over new land C) Old products are not used anymore D) Populations decrease
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To record information C) To teach people to farm D) To tell stories
A) Theology B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Deitism
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Provided a power source
A) False B) True
A) the domestication of oxen B) the invention of writing C) the creation of government D) the establishment of cities
A) W B) Y C) X D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |