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