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