A) Nile River B) Amazon River C) Missouri River D) Euphrates River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Mesopotamia D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Cuneiform B) English C) stylus D) Babylon
A) Ruler B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) People and how they speak D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Australia D) Fertile River
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Pyramid D) Synagogue
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions 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 keep cows B) To tell stories C) To keep records D) To make public signs
A) South America B) Asia C) France D) Africa
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. 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 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) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to trade over long distances. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 3500 B.C.E D) 1904 AD
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A paleolithic tool C) A new method of fighting D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) City-State B) State-City C) Culture D) Empire
A) slave B) scribe C) priest D) king
A) mystery B) tall tale C) epic D) fairy tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) poppy C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) glass objects B) cedar wood C) chariots D) purple dye
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Assyrians
A) alphabet B) wheel C) purple dye D) a code of laws
A) Inanna B) Utu C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) craftsmen B) priest C) traders D) King E) farmers
A) Lydians B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East 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) 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) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Utu D) Sargon
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) deities B) polytheism C) rulers D) disciples
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) to honor the gods D) so architects could display their work
A) iron weapons and chariots B) bows and arrows C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Kassites C) Phoenicians D) Hittites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Assyrians C) the Hittites D) the Kassites
A) Nineveh B) Sumer C) Ur D) Babylon
A) a division of labor B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) all of the these E) people living in an organized society
A) Historians B) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists 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) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Wars are fought over new land 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 teach people to farm D) To record information
A) Deitism B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Theology
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a power source C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) False B) True
A) the domestication of oxen B) the creation of government C) the establishment of cities D) the invention of writing
A) X B) Z C) Y D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |