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