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