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