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