A) Nile River B) Missouri River C) Euphrates River D) Amazon River
A) Babylon B) Hammurabi C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of the first civilization” C) “Land between 2 rivers” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) English
A) People and how they speak B) River in Mesopotamia C) Ruler D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Australia B) Fertile Crescent C) Fertile River D) South America
A) Synagogue B) Ziggurat C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Islam B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Jew
A) Saudi Arabia B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Egypt
A) Form of religion B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Orontes C) The Red Sea D) The Nile
A) To keep cows B) To keep records C) To make public signs D) To tell stories
A) Asia B) France C) Africa D) South America
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of Civilization
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 is the decree that kings use to show their authority. B) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. C) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. 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) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
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 Sumer Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 3500 AD C) 1904 AD D) 10,000 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) scribe C) slave D) priest
A) epic B) mystery C) fairy tale D) tall tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) poppy
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) glass objects C) chariots D) cedar wood
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Assyrians D) Sumerians
A) a code of laws B) alphabet C) purple dye D) wheel
A) Zeus B) Enlil C) Inanna D) Utu
A) King B) farmers C) priest D) craftsmen E) traders
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) the people who lived there had lots of children D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
A) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection B) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Utu B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
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) deities C) disciples D) polytheism
A) kings B) farmers C) war chiefs D) priests
A) so architects could display their work B) to honor the gods C) to mark the center of the city D) so they could easily be found
A) fire and chariots B) iron weapons and chariots C) bows and arrows D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Chaldeans B) Kassites C) Hittites D) Phoenicians
A) the Kassites B) the Hittites C) the Phoenicians D) the Assyrians
A) Ur B) Sumer C) Babylon D) Nineveh
A) people living in an organized society B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) all of the these D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) a division of labor
A) Geographers B) Historians C) Archaeologists D) Anthropologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The forest was full of animals C) The hills were rich with gold D) The soil was good for crops
A) Populations decrease B) Old products are not used anymore C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Wars are fought over new land
A) To tell stories B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To teach people to farm D) To record information
A) Deitism B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Theology
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 domestication of oxen B) the creation of government C) the invention of writing D) the establishment of cities
A) Y B) X C) Z D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. B) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |