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