A) Missouri River B) Amazon River C) Euphrates River D) Nile River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) English D) stylus
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) People and how they speak D) Ruler
A) Fertile River B) Australia C) South America D) Fertile Crescent
A) Ziggurat B) Synagogue C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Saudi Arabia B) Iraq C) Antarctica D) Egypt
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) Form of religion D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Red Sea B) The Orontes C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Nile
A) To make public signs B) To tell stories C) To keep records D) To keep cows
A) South America B) Africa C) France D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. 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 is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits 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 grow more crops. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) A new method of fighting B) A paleolithic tool C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) State-City B) Culture C) City-State D) Empire
A) scribe B) priest C) king D) slave
A) epic B) fairy tale C) mystery D) tall tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) chariots B) purple dye C) cedar wood D) glass objects
A) Assyrians B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) wheel B) purple dye C) alphabet D) a code of laws
A) Zeus B) Inanna C) Utu D) Enlil
A) King B) traders C) farmers D) craftsmen E) priest
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) the people who lived there had lots of children 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) 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) Utu C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) disciples B) deities C) polytheism D) rulers
A) farmers B) kings C) priests D) war chiefs
A) so they could easily be found B) to mark the center of the city C) to honor the gods D) so architects could display their work
A) fire and chariots B) bows and arrows C) iron weapons and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Phoenicians B) Kassites C) Chaldeans D) Hittites
A) the Assyrians B) the Phoenicians C) the Hittites D) the Kassites
A) Ur B) Sumer C) Nineveh D) Babylon
A) all of the these B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people living in an organized society D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) a division of labor
A) Geographers B) Archaeologists C) Anthropologists D) Historians
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The forest was full of animals C) The soil was good for crops D) The caves provided shelter for the people
A) Wars are fought over new land B) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Populations decrease D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To record information B) To tell stories C) To teach people to farm D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Theology B) Deitism C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a power source C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Provided a route to get to other 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) W B) X C) Z D) Y
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. |