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