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