A) Nile River B) Euphrates River C) Missouri River D) Amazon River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) stylus B) Cuneiform C) Babylon D) English
A) People and how they speak B) Ruler C) River in Mesopotamia D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Australia B) South America C) Fertile River D) Fertile Crescent
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Synagogue D) Pyramid
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Islam D) Monotheism
A) Antarctica B) Iraq C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
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 Nile B) The Red Sea C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Orontes
A) To keep cows B) To keep records C) To tell stories D) To make public signs
A) Africa B) South America C) France D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
A) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 3500 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 10,000 B.C.E
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) Empire B) City-State C) State-City D) Culture
A) king B) slave C) scribe D) priest
A) mystery B) tall tale C) fairy tale D) epic
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Phoenicians
A) glass objects B) chariots C) cedar wood D) purple dye
A) Assyrians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) wheel
A) Zeus B) Enlil C) Inanna D) Utu
A) traders B) priest C) King D) craftsmen E) farmers
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Lydians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) the people who lived there had lots of children 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) 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) Utu B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) deities B) disciples C) rulers D) polytheism
A) war chiefs B) priests C) kings D) farmers
A) to honor the gods B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) so architects could display their work
A) battleships and iron weapons B) iron weapons and chariots C) fire and chariots D) bows and arrows
A) Chaldeans B) Kassites C) Hittites D) Phoenicians
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Phoenicians D) the Kassites
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Sumer D) Nineveh
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) all of the these C) a division of labor D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people living in an organized society
A) Historians B) Anthropologists C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
A) The soil was good for crops B) The forest was full of animals C) The caves provided shelter for the people D) The hills were rich with gold
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Wars are fought over new land C) Old products are not used anymore D) Populations decrease
A) To record information B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To teach people to farm D) To tell stories
A) Deitism B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Theology
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) Y B) Z C) X D) W
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 the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |