A) Amazon River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Mesopotamia B) Babylon C) Hammurabi D) Ur
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) Babylon
A) Ruler B) River in Mesopotamia C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) People and how they speak
A) Fertile Crescent B) Fertile River C) South America D) Australia
A) Pyramid B) Church C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Jew B) Islam C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Iraq B) Saudi Arabia C) Antarctica D) Egypt
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 cows C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) Africa B) South America C) Asia D) France
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of land
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 is the first written body of laws used to organize society. 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 was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
A) They were able to trade over long distances. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 1904 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) Empire B) City-State C) Culture D) State-City
A) slave B) priest C) king D) scribe
A) tall tale B) epic C) mystery D) fairy tale
A) Hammurabi B) poppy C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Phoenicians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) glass objects B) chariots C) cedar wood D) purple dye
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Assyrians
A) wheel B) purple dye C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Utu B) Zeus C) Inanna D) Enlil
A) priest B) farmers C) traders D) craftsmen E) King
A) Sumerians B) Lydians 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 was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
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) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Utu
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) polytheism B) deities C) rulers D) disciples
A) war chiefs B) farmers C) kings D) priests
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) iron weapons and chariots D) fire and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Hittites C) Chaldeans D) Kassites
A) the Hittites B) the Phoenicians C) the Kassites D) the Assyrians
A) Sumer B) Nineveh C) Ur D) Babylon
A) all of the these B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) people living in an organized society D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) a division of labor
A) Historians B) Anthropologists C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
A) The forest was full of animals B) The soil was good for crops C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Old products are not used anymore B) Wars are fought over new land C) Populations decrease D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To tell stories C) To teach people to farm D) To record information
A) Polytheism B) Theology C) Deitism D) Monotheism
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 creation of government B) the domestication of oxen C) the invention of writing D) the establishment of cities
A) Y B) X C) Z 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. |