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