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