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