A) Amazon River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Mesopotamia B) Ur C) Hammurabi D) Babylon
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) Ruler C) People and how they speak D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile River B) Australia C) South America D) Fertile Crescent
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Pyramid D) Synagogue
A) Jew B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Saudi Arabia B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Egypt
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Form of religion D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Orontes B) The Nile C) The Red Sea D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To tell stories B) To keep records C) To make public signs D) To keep cows
A) South America B) Asia C) Africa D) France
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of Islam
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 used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. 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) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
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) A new method of fighting B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) Empire B) City-State C) State-City D) Culture
A) scribe B) priest C) king D) slave
A) fairy tale B) tall tale C) mystery D) epic
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Phoenicians
A) cedar wood B) glass objects C) chariots D) purple dye
A) Assyrians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) purple dye B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) wheel
A) Zeus B) Enlil C) Utu D) Inanna
A) farmers B) King C) traders D) priest E) craftsmen
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
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) Utu B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) polytheism B) deities C) rulers D) disciples
A) war chiefs B) farmers C) kings D) priests
A) so they could easily be found B) so architects could display their work C) to honor the gods D) to mark the center of the city
A) fire and chariots B) iron weapons and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) bows and arrows
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Hittites D) Kassites
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Kassites
A) Babylon B) Sumer C) Nineveh D) Ur
A) all of the these B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government D) people living in an organized society E) a division of labor
A) Geographers B) Anthropologists C) Archaeologists 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) Populations decrease B) Wars are fought over new land C) Old products are not used anymore D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To teach people to farm B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To record information D) To tell stories
A) Theology B) Deitism C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Provided a power source D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the invention of writing B) the creation of government C) the establishment of cities D) the domestication of oxen
A) X B) Z C) W D) Y
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |