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