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