A) Nile River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Euphrates River
A) Mesopotamia B) Babylon C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) Babylon D) stylus
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Ruler C) People and how they speak D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) South America B) Fertile Crescent C) Australia D) Fertile River
A) Pyramid B) Church C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Islam B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Jew
A) Egypt B) Saudi Arabia C) Iraq D) Antarctica
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians 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 Nile D) The Orontes
A) To keep cows B) To make public signs C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) Asia B) Africa C) France D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
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 as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 B.C.E C) 3500 AD D) 1904 AD
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A paleolithic tool C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A new method of fighting
A) Empire B) City-State C) State-City D) Culture
A) priest B) king C) scribe D) slave
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) tall tale D) epic
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) cedar wood B) glass objects C) purple dye D) chariots
A) Assyrians B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) alphabet B) a code of laws C) wheel D) purple dye
A) Inanna B) Utu C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) craftsmen B) King C) traders D) farmers E) priest
A) Lydians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations 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's in an arid valley in the Middle East
A) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Hammurabi B) Utu C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) disciples B) rulers C) polytheism D) deities
A) priests B) kings C) farmers D) war chiefs
A) to mark the center of the city B) to honor the gods C) so architects could display their work D) so they could easily be found
A) bows and arrows B) iron weapons and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) fire and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Hittites C) Phoenicians D) Kassites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Hittites C) the Kassites D) the Assyrians
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Nineveh D) Sumer
A) people living in an organized society B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) all of the these D) a division of labor E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Anthropologists B) Archaeologists C) Geographers D) Historians
A) The soil was good for crops B) The hills were rich with gold C) The caves provided shelter for the people 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 tell stories B) To teach people to farm C) To record information D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Theology D) Deitism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a power source C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the establishment of cities B) the domestication of oxen C) the invention of writing D) the creation of government
A) X B) Y C) Z D) W
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. |