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