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