A) Euphrates River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Amazon River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Mesopotamia D) Ur
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) stylus D) Babylon
A) River in Mesopotamia B) People and how they speak C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) Ruler
A) Fertile Crescent B) Australia C) Fertile River D) South America
A) Ziggurat B) Synagogue C) Pyramid D) Church
A) Jew B) Polytheism C) Islam D) Monotheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Egypt C) Iraq D) Antarctica
A) Form of religion B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians 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 Orontes D) The Red Sea
A) To make public signs B) To keep records C) To keep cows D) To tell stories
A) Africa B) South America C) France D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of Laws
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. C) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
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) 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 build a powerful navy. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A paleolithic tool C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A new method of fighting
A) State-City B) Culture C) Empire D) City-State
A) priest B) scribe C) slave D) king
A) fairy tale B) mystery C) tall tale D) epic
A) poppy B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Hammurabi
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) chariots B) cedar wood C) glass objects D) purple dye
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Assyrians
A) purple dye B) wheel C) alphabet D) a code of laws
A) Inanna B) Utu C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) craftsmen B) farmers C) priest D) traders E) King
A) Chaldeans B) Lydians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations B) the people who lived there had lots of children C) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Hammurabi B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Utu
A) to protect the people of the city-state from attack B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) rulers B) disciples C) polytheism D) deities
A) war chiefs B) farmers C) priests D) kings
A) so they could easily be found B) to honor the gods C) so architects could display their work D) to mark the center of the city
A) bows and arrows B) battleships and iron weapons C) fire and chariots D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Kassites D) Hittites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Hittites
A) Sumer B) Babylon C) Nineveh D) Ur
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) Historians D) Archaeologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The forest was full of animals D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Wars are fought over new land B) Old products are not used anymore C) New ideas are spread and culture grows D) Populations decrease
A) To record information B) To tell stories C) To teach people to farm D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Deitism C) Monotheism D) Theology
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a power source C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a route to get to other civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the creation of government B) the domestication of oxen C) the establishment of cities D) the invention of writing
A) Y B) W C) X D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. 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 the gods had control over harvests and disasters. |