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