A) Nile River B) Euphrates River C) Missouri River D) Amazon River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) English
A) People and how they speak B) River in Mesopotamia C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) Ruler
A) South America B) Australia C) Fertile River D) Fertile Crescent
A) Synagogue B) Church C) Ziggurat D) Pyramid
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Jew D) Islam
A) Egypt B) Antarctica C) Saudi Arabia D) Iraq
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) Form of religion D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Nile B) The Orontes C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Red Sea
A) To tell stories B) To keep cows C) To make public signs D) To keep records
A) Asia B) France C) Africa D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
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 rolled over clay to leave an imprint. 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 first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 AD
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A paleolithic tool C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A new method of fighting
A) City-State B) Empire C) State-City D) Culture
A) scribe B) king C) priest D) slave
A) mystery B) epic C) fairy tale D) tall tale
A) poppy B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) purple dye B) glass objects C) chariots D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Assyrians
A) wheel B) purple dye C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) traders B) priest C) craftsmen D) farmers E) King
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Chaldeans
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) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Gilgamesh B) Utu C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) deities B) disciples C) rulers D) polytheism
A) farmers B) kings C) war chiefs D) priests
A) so they could easily be found B) so architects could display their work C) to mark the center of the city D) to honor the gods
A) bows and arrows B) iron weapons and chariots C) fire and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Hittites B) Chaldeans C) Kassites D) Phoenicians
A) the Phoenicians B) the Hittites C) the Kassites D) the Assyrians
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Sumer D) Nineveh
A) people living in an organized society B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) all of the these D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) a division of labor
A) Geographers B) Historians C) Anthropologists D) Archaeologists
A) The forest was full of animals B) The soil was good for crops C) The hills were rich with gold D) The caves provided shelter for the people
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Old products are not used anymore 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) Monotheism B) Deitism C) Polytheism D) Theology
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Provided a power source D) Provided a route to get to other 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) X B) Y C) W D) Z
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. |