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