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