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Mesopotamia Unit Final - BCJHS 7th Grade
Mesopotamia Unit Final - BCJHS 7th Grade
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How did paleolithic humans get their food?
grinding grains for bread
bronze tools
farming
gathering berries and nuts and hunting animals
2
The agricultural revolution in the Neolithic period is the transition from
farming to use of metal weapons
hunting and gathering to farming
social classes to no social classes
lots of government control to none
3
Irrigation systems in Mesopotamia diverted water from which two rivers?
Mediterranean Sea
Nile and Tigris
Euphrates and Indus
Tigris and Euphrates
4
How many laws in Hammurabi's Code?
282
622
182
242
5
A negative effect of having many people living in cities and towns was
people stabbed each other
too much noise
too much traffic
spread of disease
6
A stable food supply was important to development of civilization because:
It creates rich and poor people
It creates a food surplus and a division of labor
People no longer ate meat
It helps keep order among people
7
What phrase indicates that Hammurabi's Code was intended to be fair?
"shall pay three times the amount borrowed"
"he will be put to death"
"eye for an eye"
"he may disinherit his son"
8
In what ways was domestication of animals was important to neolithic societies?
hard work in the fields
all of these
animal hides or wool
meat
9
Why did people need a scribe to write and record daily events and trade?
Written language didn't make sense
none of these
Their handwriting was poor
Most people couldn't read or write
10
What are two characteristics of a civilization?
Religion and environmental safety
Arts and hunting
Electricity and computers
Technology and Government
11
What allowed villages to develop in the Neolithic Age?
fewer animals available to hunt
Surplus of food from farming
more babies
more warfare with nearby cities
12
People within society who are ranked by their job or economic standing.
Paleolithic
domesticate
social classes
luxury items
13
Does 2000 B.C. come before or after 330 A.D.?
Before
After
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Neolithic means
Bronze Age
Iron Age
New Stone Age
Old Stone Age
15
Paleolithic means
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
Iron Age
Bronze Age
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Why is writing important to a civilization?
all of these
the creation of literature
communication in trading and financial transactions;
aws to be written and uniform
17
Religion is important to a society because
It helps divide wealth between the classes
It helped develop new ways or writing
It helps people specialize in their daily work
It helps explain how the world works
18
Development of new technology was important because it led to:
all of these
scientific development,
government organizing society to complete public projects
new and better warfare techniques.
19
What does C.E. mean?
common error
common elephant
common emperor
common era
20
One positive effect of living in larger groups in cities was
more warfare with nearby cities
spread of disease
more people having babies
Development of the arts and architecture
21
Why was Hammurabi's Code significant?
Everyone knew what the law was
It was designed to be unfair to common citizens
Leaders didn't need to follow the laws
It allowed slaves
22
Irrigation is a system of _________ that provide water to farmland.
pottery
buckets
luxury items
canals
23
To prepare and nurture land for raising crops
dowry
cultivate
domesticate
migration
24
Means "land between the rivers" and located in current day Iraq
Yellow River
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indus Valley
25
An wedge-shaped form of writing on a clay tablet is called
Greek alphabet
cuneiform
heiroglyphics
Phoenician alphabet
26
How many years ago (from today) was 4,000 B.C.?
5,015
4,015
6,015
3,515
27
What did the Sumerians invent?:
writing
written laws
all of these
wheel
28
To tame; to bring plants or animals under human control.
domesticate
cultivate
nomad
surplus
29
Why was the agricultural revolution considered the most important event in human history?
All of the above
division of labor
Food surpluses allowed peopel to settle in one place
development of arts and architecture
30
During the time period called the Bronze Age, people first learned to
heat metal to make more advanced tools and weapons
domesticate animals
farm
use stone tools
31
How would you write the years covered by first century A.D.?
101 A.D. to 200 A.D.
A.D. 1 to A.D.100
32
Swath of land in Iraq where agriculture, urbanization and the first empires began.
Fertile Crescent
Indus Valley
Nile Valley
Zagros Mountains
33
Put these time four periods in chronological order:
Paleolithic, Iron, Bronze, Neolithic
Bronze, Iron, Paleolithic, Neolithic
Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze, Iron
Neolithic, Paleolithic, Bronze and Iron
34
On what did Mesopotamians record their writings?
stone tablets
clay tablets
papyrus
cave walls
35
Stepped pyramid-shaped temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses
Ziggurat
None of these
Temple
Pyramid
