Mesopotamia - Ch 3 Test - (Mitchell)
A) Missouri River B) Euphrates River C) Nile River D) Amazon River
A) Mesopotamia B) Babylon C) Hammurabi D) Ur
A) “Land of the first civilization” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of Hammurabi” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Babylon B) stylus C) English D) Cuneiform
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) River in Mesopotamia C) People and how they speak D) Ruler
A) Fertile Crescent B) Australia C) Fertile River D) South America
A) Pyramid B) Synagogue C) Church D) Ziggurat
A) Jew B) Monotheism C) Islam D) Polytheism
A) Iraq B) Saudi Arabia C) Egypt D) Antarctica
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians C) Form of religion D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Orontes B) The Red Sea C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Nile
A) To keep cows B) To tell stories C) To keep records D) To make public signs
A) Africa B) South America C) France D) Asia
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of Laws
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 decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) heavy rain falling throughout the area B) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf 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 trade over long distances. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 AD
A) A paleolithic tool B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A new method of fighting
A) Empire B) City-State C) Culture D) State-City
A) king B) scribe C) priest D) slave
A) tall tale B) epic C) mystery D) fairy tale
A) poppy B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) chariots B) cedar wood C) purple dye D) glass objects
A) Chaldeans B) Assyrians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) alphabet C) wheel D) a code of laws
A) Utu B) Zeus C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) priest B) King C) farmers D) craftsmen E) traders
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Lydians D) Babylonians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) the people who lived there had lots of children 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) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection D) led directly to the development of democracy
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Gilgamesh D) Utu
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) deities B) rulers C) polytheism D) disciples
A) war chiefs B) farmers C) priests D) kings
A) so architects could display their work B) so they could easily be found C) to mark the center of the city D) to honor the gods
A) iron weapons and chariots B) fire and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) bows and arrows
A) Kassites B) Phoenicians C) Chaldeans D) Hittites
A) the Assyrians B) the Phoenicians C) the Hittites D) the Kassites
A) Sumer B) Ur C) Nineveh D) Babylon
A) a division of labor B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people living in an organized society D) all of the these E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Archaeologists B) Anthropologists C) Historians D) Geographers
A) The soil was good for crops B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The forest was full of animals D) The hills were rich with gold
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 tell stories C) To teach people to farm D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Theology D) Deitism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Provided a power source
A) False B) True
A) the creation of government B) the establishment of cities C) the domestication of oxen D) the invention of writing 
A) W B) Y C) X D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |
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