A) Missouri River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Hammurabi D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) English
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) Australia C) Fertile Crescent D) Fertile River
A) Synagogue B) Church C) Ziggurat D) Pyramid
A) Islam B) Jew C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Egypt B) Iraq C) Saudi Arabia D) Antarctica
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 Tigris and Euphrates B) The Orontes C) The Nile D) The Red Sea
A) To tell stories B) To keep cows C) To make public signs D) To keep records
A) Africa B) France C) Asia D) South America
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Laws
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. 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 to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. 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) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits 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) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Zagro 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 means to control water supply to the land C) A new method of fighting D) A paleolithic tool
A) City-State B) Culture C) State-City D) Empire
A) slave B) scribe C) king D) priest
A) epic B) mystery C) tall tale D) fairy tale
A) Hammurabi B) poppy C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Gilgamesh B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Phoenicians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) glass objects B) purple dye C) cedar wood D) chariots
A) Assyrians B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) purple dye B) alphabet C) wheel D) a code of laws
A) Enlil B) Inanna C) Zeus D) Utu
A) priest B) craftsmen C) farmers D) King E) traders
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
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) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Utu
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) deities B) disciples C) rulers D) polytheism
A) farmers B) war chiefs C) kings D) priests
A) so architects could display their work B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) to honor the gods
A) fire and chariots B) battleships and iron weapons C) bows and arrows D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Hittites B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Kassites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Kassites
A) Nineveh B) Ur C) Babylon 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) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) a division of labor
A) Archaeologists B) Geographers C) Anthropologists D) Historians
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The soil was good for crops C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The forest was full of animals
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Wars are fought over new land C) Populations decrease D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To communicate with new people from different areas B) To tell stories C) To teach people to farm D) To record information
A) Theology B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Deitism
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the invention of writing B) the domestication of oxen C) the creation of government D) the establishment of cities
A) W B) X C) Z D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |