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