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