A) Nile River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Euphrates River
A) Mesopotamia B) Ur C) Babylon D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) English
A) People and how they speak B) River in Mesopotamia C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) Ruler
A) Australia B) South America C) Fertile River D) Fertile Crescent
A) Synagogue B) Pyramid C) Church D) Ziggurat
A) Jew B) Polytheism C) Islam D) Monotheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Iraq C) Antarctica D) Egypt
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Form of religion C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Nile B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Red Sea D) The Orontes
A) To keep cows B) To make public signs C) To tell stories D) To keep records
A) Asia B) South America C) Africa D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of Laws
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 to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. 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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer 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 paleolithic tool C) A new method of fighting D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) City-State B) Empire C) Culture D) State-City
A) priest B) slave C) king D) scribe
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) epic D) tall tale
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) poppy D) Sargon
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) purple dye B) cedar wood C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Babylonians B) Assyrians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) alphabet B) purple dye C) wheel D) a code of laws
A) Inanna B) Utu C) Enlil D) Zeus
A) craftsmen B) priest C) traders D) King E) farmers
A) Lydians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) the people who lived there had lots of children D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
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) Gilgamesh B) Utu C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) disciples B) polytheism C) rulers D) deities
A) war chiefs B) farmers C) priests D) kings
A) to mark the center of the city B) to honor the gods C) so they could easily be found D) so architects could display their work
A) fire and chariots B) bows and arrows C) battleships and iron weapons D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Kassites B) Phoenicians C) Hittites D) Chaldeans
A) the Hittites B) the Phoenicians C) the Assyrians D) the Kassites
A) Ur B) Sumer C) Babylon D) Nineveh
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) Anthropologists B) Geographers C) Historians D) Archaeologists
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) 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 teach people to farm C) To record information D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Deitism C) Theology D) Monotheism
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) False B) True
A) the creation of government B) the establishment of cities C) the invention of writing D) the domestication of oxen
A) W B) Z C) Y D) X
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 the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |