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