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