A) Amazon River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Babylon B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) English B) stylus C) Cuneiform 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) South America B) Australia C) Fertile Crescent D) Fertile River
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Pyramid D) Synagogue
A) Islam B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Jew
A) Saudi Arabia B) Antarctica C) Egypt D) Iraq
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) Form of religion C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Red Sea B) The Nile C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Orontes
A) To make public signs B) To keep cows C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) Asia B) France C) South America 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 displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. 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 grow more crops. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A new method of fighting C) A paleolithic tool D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) City-State B) State-City C) Empire D) Culture
A) slave B) king C) priest D) scribe
A) mystery B) tall tale C) epic D) fairy tale
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) poppy D) Hammurabi
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Phoenicians D) Babylonians
A) chariots B) cedar wood C) purple dye D) glass objects
A) Sumerians B) Assyrians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) wheel B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) purple dye
A) Zeus B) Enlil C) Utu D) Inanna
A) traders B) farmers C) King D) priest E) craftsmen
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Chaldeans
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture D) the people who lived there had lots of children
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) led directly to the development of democracy D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Hammurabi B) Utu C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
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) deities B) rulers C) disciples D) polytheism
A) kings B) war chiefs C) farmers D) priests
A) so architects could display their work B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) to honor the gods
A) bows and arrows B) fire and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Kassites B) Phoenicians C) Chaldeans D) Hittites
A) the Kassites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Nineveh B) Ur C) Babylon D) Sumer
A) all of the these B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) a division of labor D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people living in an organized society
A) Historians B) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists D) Geographers
A) The forest was full of animals B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The soil was good for crops D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Wars are fought over new land B) Old products are not used anymore C) Populations decrease D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To record information C) To tell stories D) To teach people to farm
A) Deitism B) Polytheism C) Theology D) Monotheism
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a power source C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the establishment of cities B) the invention of writing C) the domestication of oxen D) the creation of government
A) Y B) W C) Z D) X
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. |