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