A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Missouri River D) Nile River
A) Babylon B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) Ruler B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) People and how they speak D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile Crescent B) Australia C) South America D) Fertile River
A) Synagogue B) Ziggurat C) Church D) Pyramid
A) Jew B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Islam
A) Iraq B) Antarctica C) Egypt D) Saudi Arabia
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) Form of religion C) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Red Sea B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Nile D) The Orontes
A) To make public signs B) To tell stories C) To keep records D) To keep cows
A) France B) Africa C) South America D) Asia
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. C) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
A) They were able to trade over long distances. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 3500 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) A new method of fighting B) A paleolithic tool C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) Culture B) Empire C) City-State D) State-City
A) king B) priest C) scribe D) slave
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) tall tale D) epic
A) Hammurabi B) poppy C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Babylonians
A) cedar wood B) glass objects C) chariots D) purple dye
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) purple dye B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) wheel
A) Enlil B) Utu C) Inanna D) Zeus
A) traders B) King C) farmers D) craftsmen E) priest
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Lydians D) Babylonians
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) the people who lived there had lots of children 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) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Utu
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) rulers B) polytheism C) disciples D) deities
A) priests B) farmers C) kings D) war chiefs
A) to mark the center of the city B) so architects could display their work C) to honor the gods D) so they could easily be found
A) battleships and iron weapons B) iron weapons and chariots C) fire and chariots D) bows and arrows
A) Chaldeans B) Hittites C) Phoenicians D) Kassites
A) the Kassites B) the Phoenicians C) the Hittites D) the Assyrians
A) Ur B) Nineveh C) Babylon D) Sumer
A) a division of labor B) people living in an organized society C) all of the these D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Anthropologists B) Geographers C) Historians D) Archaeologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The soil was good for crops C) The forest was full of animals D) The hills were rich with gold
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 communicate with new people from different areas B) To record information C) To teach people to farm D) To tell stories
A) Deitism B) Theology C) Monotheism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a power source
A) True B) False
A) the invention of writing B) the establishment of cities C) the creation of government D) the domestication of oxen
A) X B) W C) Y D) Z
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. |