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