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