A) Amazon River B) Euphrates River C) Missouri River D) Nile River
A) Hammurabi B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Babylon
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Babylon C) Cuneiform D) stylus
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) Ruler C) River in Mesopotamia D) People and how they speak
A) Australia B) Fertile Crescent C) Fertile River D) South America
A) Pyramid B) Church C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Islam B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Jew
A) Iraq B) Egypt C) Antarctica D) Saudi Arabia
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) Form of religion
A) The Nile B) The Orontes C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Red Sea
A) To keep cows B) To keep records C) To make public signs D) To tell stories
A) Africa B) France C) South America D) Asia
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of land
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 as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) heavy rain falling throughout the area 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) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 1904 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 B.C.E
A) A paleolithic tool B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A new method of fighting D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) Empire B) State-City C) Culture D) City-State
A) king B) slave C) priest D) scribe
A) fairy tale B) mystery C) epic D) tall tale
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) poppy D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Sumerians
A) glass objects B) cedar wood C) purple dye D) chariots
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) purple dye B) wheel C) a code of laws D) alphabet
A) Zeus B) Inanna C) Enlil D) Utu
A) priest B) King C) farmers D) traders E) craftsmen
A) Lydians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) led directly to the development of democracy D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Utu B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) deities B) disciples C) rulers D) polytheism
A) kings B) farmers C) priests D) war chiefs
A) so architects could display their work B) so they could easily be found C) to mark the center of the city D) to honor the gods
A) bows and arrows B) battleships and iron weapons C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Hittites C) Phoenicians D) Kassites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Hittites
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Nineveh D) Sumer
A) people living in an organized society B) all of the these C) a division of labor D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Archaeologists B) Anthropologists 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) 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 record information B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To teach people to farm D) To tell stories
A) Monotheism B) Theology C) Polytheism D) Deitism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
A) True B) False
A) the creation of government B) the establishment of cities C) the domestication of oxen D) the invention of writing
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 religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |