A) Missouri River B) Nile River C) Amazon River D) Euphrates River
A) Mesopotamia B) Babylon C) Ur D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of Hammurabi”
A) Babylon B) Cuneiform C) English D) stylus
A) People and how they speak B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) Ruler D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Australia B) South America C) Fertile Crescent D) Fertile River
A) Church B) Synagogue C) Pyramid D) Ziggurat
A) Polytheism B) Islam C) Monotheism 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) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) Form of religion
A) The Orontes B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Nile D) The Red Sea
A) To tell stories B) To keep records C) To keep cows D) To make public signs
A) Africa B) France C) South America D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Laws D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
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) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 B.C.E C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) A new method of fighting B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A paleolithic tool D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) City-State B) State-City C) Empire D) Culture
A) scribe B) priest C) king D) slave
A) tall tale B) epic C) fairy tale D) mystery
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) poppy
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) chariots B) glass objects C) cedar wood D) purple dye
A) Sumerians B) Assyrians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) purple dye B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) wheel
A) Enlil B) Zeus C) Utu D) Inanna
A) traders B) priest C) farmers D) King E) craftsmen
A) Lydians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) the people who lived there had lots of children
A) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) led directly to the development of democracy C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Gilgamesh B) Utu C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from floods C) to protect the people of the city-state from attack D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) deities B) disciples C) rulers D) polytheism
A) kings B) farmers C) war chiefs D) priests
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) fire and chariots C) iron weapons and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Phoenicians B) Hittites C) Kassites D) Chaldeans
A) the Phoenicians B) the Kassites C) the Assyrians D) the Hittites
A) Babylon B) Sumer C) Ur D) Nineveh
A) a division of labor B) people living in an organized society C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) all of the these E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Archaeologists B) Anthropologists C) Geographers D) Historians
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) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Wars are fought over new land D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To record information B) To teach people to farm C) To tell stories D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Theology B) Polytheism C) Monotheism D) Deitism
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) 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 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. |