A) Euphrates River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Nile River
A) Babylon B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) stylus C) Cuneiform 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) South America B) Fertile Crescent C) Fertile River D) Australia
A) Synagogue B) Ziggurat C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Jew D) Islam
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
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 Red Sea B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Orontes D) The Nile
A) To keep cows B) To keep records C) To tell stories D) To make public signs
A) Asia B) South America C) France D) Africa
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. 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 grow more crops. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 10,000 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) State-City B) Empire C) Culture D) City-State
A) priest B) scribe C) slave D) king
A) fairy tale B) mystery C) epic D) tall tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) cedar wood B) purple dye C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Assyrians D) Sumerians
A) wheel B) purple dye C) alphabet D) a code of laws
A) Zeus B) Utu C) Inanna D) Enlil
A) farmers B) traders C) priest D) craftsmen E) King
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) the people who lived there had lots of children
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 collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) polytheism B) disciples C) rulers D) deities
A) war chiefs B) kings C) priests D) farmers
A) to mark the center of the city B) so architects could display their work C) to honor the gods D) so they could easily be found
A) iron weapons and chariots B) bows and arrows C) fire and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Hittites B) Kassites C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) the Assyrians B) the Kassites C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Ur B) Nineveh C) Babylon D) Sumer
A) people living in an organized society B) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) all of the these E) a division of labor
A) Archaeologists B) Anthropologists C) Historians D) Geographers
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) Wars are fought over new land B) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Old products are not used anymore D) Populations decrease
A) To teach people to farm B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To tell stories D) To record information
A) Theology B) Deitism C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Provided a power source B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the creation of government B) the domestication of oxen C) the invention of writing D) the establishment of cities
A) Y B) W C) Z D) X
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 the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |