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