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