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