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