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