A) Amazon River B) Nile River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Hammurabi B) Ur C) Mesopotamia D) Babylon
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) Cuneiform B) stylus C) Babylon D) English
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) People and how they speak C) Ruler D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile Crescent B) Australia C) South America D) Fertile River
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Monotheism B) Islam C) Jew D) Polytheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Egypt
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) Form of religion D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Nile B) The Red Sea C) The Orontes D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To keep cows B) To tell stories 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 land B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. C) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 B.C.E C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) A new method of fighting B) A paleolithic tool C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) State-City B) Culture C) City-State D) Empire
A) priest B) slave C) scribe D) king
A) fairy tale B) epic C) tall tale D) mystery
A) poppy B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Gilgamesh B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Sumerians
A) chariots B) glass objects C) purple dye D) cedar wood
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Assyrians
A) purple dye B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) wheel
A) Inanna B) Utu C) Enlil D) Zeus
A) craftsmen B) traders C) King D) farmers E) priest
A) Lydians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
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) 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) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Utu
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) rulers B) polytheism C) deities D) disciples
A) kings B) farmers C) priests D) war chiefs
A) so they could easily be found B) to honor the gods C) so architects could display their work D) to mark the center of the city
A) iron weapons and chariots B) battleships and iron weapons C) bows and arrows D) fire and chariots
A) Hittites B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Kassites
A) the Kassites B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Phoenicians
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Ur D) Nineveh
A) people living in an organized society B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) a division of labor E) all of the these
A) Anthropologists B) Historians C) Geographers D) Archaeologists
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The soil was good for crops D) The forest was full of animals
A) Wars are fought over new land B) New ideas are spread and culture grows 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 record information D) To teach people to farm
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Deitism D) Theology
A) Provided a power source B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) True B) False
A) the domestication of oxen B) the creation of government C) the establishment of cities D) the invention of writing
A) X B) W C) Y D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |