A) Amazon River B) Nile River C) Euphrates River D) Missouri River
A) Mesopotamia B) Hammurabi C) Ur D) Babylon
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Babylon B) English C) Cuneiform D) stylus
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) River in Mesopotamia C) Ruler D) People and how they speak
A) South America B) Fertile River C) Fertile Crescent D) Australia
A) Ziggurat B) Pyramid C) Synagogue D) Church
A) Islam B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Jew
A) Saudi Arabia B) Iraq C) Egypt D) Antarctica
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 Red Sea B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Nile D) The Orontes
A) To make public signs B) To keep records C) To keep cows D) To tell stories
A) Asia B) South America C) France D) Africa
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of Laws
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 used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
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 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) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer 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) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) Culture B) Empire C) State-City D) City-State
A) scribe B) priest C) king D) slave
A) tall tale B) mystery C) epic D) fairy tale
A) poppy B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Sumerians B) Phoenicians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) purple dye B) cedar wood C) chariots D) glass objects
A) Assyrians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) alphabet B) purple dye C) a code of laws D) wheel
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Inanna D) Enlil
A) farmers B) priest C) traders D) King E) craftsmen
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
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) 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) Utu D) Sargon
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) disciples B) rulers C) polytheism D) deities
A) farmers B) war chiefs C) kings D) priests
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) battleships and iron weapons B) bows and arrows C) iron weapons and chariots D) fire and chariots
A) Hittites B) Phoenicians C) Kassites D) Chaldeans
A) the Hittites B) the Phoenicians C) the Kassites D) the Assyrians
A) Sumer B) Nineveh C) Ur D) Babylon
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) a division of labor E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Archaeologists B) Geographers C) Anthropologists D) Historians
A) The forest was full of animals B) The hills were rich with gold C) The soil was good for crops D) The caves provided shelter for the people
A) Old products are not used anymore B) Populations decrease 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 communicate with new people from different areas D) To tell stories
A) Polytheism B) Theology C) Monotheism D) Deitism
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a power source C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) False B) True
A) the invention of writing B) the establishment of cities C) the creation of government D) the domestication of oxen
A) W B) Z C) X D) Y
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 their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |