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