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