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