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