What did artisans create in Catal Huyuk that was different from other villages

Luxury items like mirrors and metal beads

Which of these was NOT practiced by early Homo Sapiens?

Traveling long distances by boat

People who move from place to place

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1
Why did human language probably develop?
To tell stories
To express love
So folks could argue
To work together
2
Women had no rights in Sumer
True
False
3
When did written history begin?
Around 520 years ago
Around 5,200 years ago
Around 520,000 years ago
Around 52,000 years ago
4
Most of the world organizes their calendar on what key historical event?
The moment humans invented writing
The death of Christ
Mr. Pfohl's graduation from Purdue University
The birth of Christ
5
Which of these is NOT a secondary source?
Book
Movie
Article
Photograph
6
Where did religious ceremonies take place in Catal Huyuk
Public Shrines
In your private home with family
The Royal Palace
Public parks
7
What was an effect of Sumerians using cuneiform instead of pictographs?
Few people could read or write
All of the above
Writing took longer to complete
Clay tablets were no longer used
8
Sumerian city-states shared the same culture but developed their own seperate
Religions
Governments
Natural Resources
Languages
9
How could people become slaves in Sumerian society?
They could be orphans
They could be prisoners of war
All of the above
They borrowed more $$$ than they could repay
10
Remains of early life preserved in the ground
Artifacts
Fossils
11
A length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that occurred
Chronology
Timeline
Period
Phase
12
Which of these is NOT an advanced Mesopotamian city
Kish
Ur
Delphi
Nippur
13
What is the first hominid to make stone tools
Australopithecine
Homo Habilis
Homo Sapien
Home Erectus
14
The Ziggurat was the largest and most important structure in the city
False
True
15
Who discovered footprints made by Australopithecines in Tanzania?
Donald Johanson
Mary Leakey
Richard Leakey
Daniel Frederick
16
Which of these is not a positive of living in a migrating group and encountering new people?
Increased competition for food
Learning new ways to hunt mammoth
Learning about new tech like shovels
Learning better ways to create fire
17
What does A.D. stand for (in history)?
Anthony Davis
After death
Anno Domini
All day
18
Who was the hunter in hunter-gathering groups
Children
Women
Men
19
Information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event
Secondary Source
Primary Source
20
Growing and tending wild plants and animals is ________?
Domestication
Agricuture
21
Which of these is NOT a complex institution in Sumer?
The economy
The government
The library
The military
22
Who was the gatherer in hunter-gathering groups
Women
Children
Men
23
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Fertile soil
Low lands
Mountain Valley
Land between the rivers
24
What hominids are physically modern humans
Australopithcine
Homo Erectus
Homo Habilis
Homo Sapiens
25
What did artisans create in Catal Huyuk that was different from other villages
Luxury items like mirrors and metal beads
Cloth from cotton and wool
Houses made out of wood and stone
Tools from metal like iron and bronze
26
What two metals make bronze?
Aluminum and copper
Copper and iron
Tin and iron
Copper and tin
27
Which of these was NOT practiced by early Homo Sapiens?
Burying their dead
Creating sharp, durable tools
Traveling long distances by boat
Creating cave art
28
What is the official term for the Old Stone Age
Canolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
29
Which of these were not made from animal skin?
Clothes
Weapons
Leather
Shelters
30
What group was at the top of Sumerian society
Slaves
Land-Owners and Merchants
Kings and Priests
Artisans and Farmers
31
What is a community's background passed down through spoken stories and song?
Physical Tradition
Oral Tradition
Visual Tradition
Written tradition
32
Sumerian streets were easy to navigate
True
False
33
Nomads
People who move from place to place
Medicine Men
People who help grow food
People who hunt
34
How many Sumerian city-states do we know about?
8
5
12
15
35
Which of these is not a river valley where farming began
Mesopotamia
Nile River Valley
The Waldecker River Valley
Yellow River Valley
36
What types of sources are artifacts?
Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
37
What idea helped build bricks, ramps and canals
Literature
Geometry
Bronze
Cuneiform
38
Where is soil most fertile?
In the mountains
Near the mouths of rivers
39
Which continent was settled around 15,000 BC?
The Americas
Europe
Asia
Australia
40
First human like creatures to walk upright
Neanderthals
Homo Habilis
Australopithecine
Homo Erectus
41
What two rivers flow through Mesopotamia?
Nile and Euphrates
Tigris and Yellow
Euphrates and Yellow
Euphrates and Tigris
42
Which of these is NOT a Sumerian specialized worker that we discussed?
Artisan
King
Hunter
Merchant
43
Why did the Mesopotamians build walls around the city?
To keep out the heat
To keep out invaders
To honor the Gods
To keep people from escaping
44
Sumerians believed in heaven
False
True
45
An object made by a human being, such as a tool or weapon
Artifact
Fossil
46
What is the scientific study of a culture's artifacts and other evidence
Anthropology
Archaeology
47
What allowed people to settle down and develop communities?
The invention of farming
The invention of hunting
The invention of better stone tools
The invention of music
48
Which of these is a river valley where farming began?
The Mississsippi River
The Amazon River
The Maumee River
The Indus River Valley
49
Which of these is NOT advanced Sumerian tech?
The plow
The wheel
Bronze
Fire
50
The study of humankind, focused on development and culture
Anthropology
Archeology
51
Who discovered "Lucy"
Richard Leakey
Donald Johanson
Amy Mosher
Mary Leakey
52
Which is true about the common era?
It includes the same years as "Before Christ"
It includes the same years as "Anno Domini"
It began 500 years ago
It includes the year 2000 BC
53
The people of Mesopotamia knew a lot about weather and could predict the time and size of the yearly flood
False
True
54
What kind of climate does Mesopotamia have?
Tundra
Mediterranean
Semiarid
Arid
55
Homes with thick walls helped to keep out
Invaders
Insects
Heat
Flooding
56
Which of these is not an ancient artisan?
Chef
Weaver
Potter
Blacksmith
57
What is a "drought"
Great harvest
Time with no rain
Sumerian invention
Heavy rain storm
58
An unfair preference for, or a dislike, of something
Opinion
Source
Bias
Impartiality
59
Which of these is NOT a trait of a civilization
Specialized Workers
Complex Institutions
Advanced Tech
Farming
60
Catal Huyuk has a population of about how many?
500
75,000
5,000
1,000
61
Which of these is not a trait of a complex village
Social Classes
Schools
Trade
Specialized Workers
62
What are the first hominids to move out of Africa
Homo Sapien
Australopithecine
Homo Erectus
Homo Habilis
63
Which of the following would NOT be an artifact?
A spear
An arrowhead
A television
A skull
64
Which of the following is NOT one of the four main Sumerian gods?
God of the Sky
God of the night
God of wind
God of water
65
What place was the last to figure out farming
The Americas
Asia
Europe
The Middle East
66
Mesopotamians made bricks out of....
Wood
Clay
Silt
Concrete
67
What is prehistory?
The time before the Buddha's enlightenment
The time time before the birth of Jesus
The time before the discovery of America
The time before written language
68
Rivers would swell and flood in Mesopotamia due to heavy participation in the mountains
True
False
69
The shift from food gathering to food raising is called
The Agricultural Revolution
The Revolutionary War
The industrial revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
70
Where did farming take place in Catal Huyuk
By peoples homes
Inside the city walls
On the the outskirts of the city
Near the river
71
Technology consists of all the ways people apply knowledge and meet their needs
False
True
72
The majority of Sumerians were in a social class that included
Farmers
Wealthy Merchants
Landowners
Slaves
73
During which phase of the Stone Age did people control fire and develop language
Neolithic Age
Oslolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
74
How did farmers in Mesopotamia get around droughts?
Watered crops with pots
Irrigation
Sprinklers
Plumbing
75
A list of events in the order in which they occurred
Chronology
Cartography
Cosmology
Calligraphy
76
What is the very fertile soil carried by rivers?
Silk
Silt
Compost
Fertilizer
77
Most city-states were located in which part of Mesopotamia?
Near the mouths of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
On the west side of the Euphrates River
Near the beginning of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
On the east side of the Tigris River
78
Where is the Huang He (Yellow River) located?
The Americas
Europe
China
The Middle East
79
Roughly how many symbols did cuneiform have?
750
400
600
250
80
Who interprets natural events and is connected to the spirit world?
Artisans
Shamans
Weavers
Potters
81
Which of these is not a possible disadvantage of village life?
Plentiful food
Floods
Disease
Fire
82
Which of these is NOT one of humankinds most important achievements?
Inventing farming
Mastery of fire
Developing language
Creating the McRib
83
The main role of women in Sumer
Raising kids
Priestesses
Farmers
Artisans
84
Mounds, canals and dikes are part of what type of watering system
Irrigation
Well systems
Sprinklers
Plumbing
85
Which calendar (the most popular in the world) is based on the movement of the Earth around the sun
Julian Calendar
Gregorian Calendar
Mayan Calendar
Chinese Calendar
86
Which hominids developed human culture
Homo Sapiens
Australopithecine
Home Erectus
Homo Habilis
87
Which of these is not a trait of a complex village?
A flag
Public buildings
Government
Large population
88
What was the best way to travel in Mesopotamia?
Canals
Rivers
Camels
Horses
89
What is slash-and-burn?
Cutting off an enemy's head and burning their body
Cutting open an animal and roasting them over fire
Cutting down plants and farming on their ashes
Cutting down trees and burning them in a religious ceremony
90
What region did civilization begin in?
Sumer
China
Egypt
India
91
What question should historians ask about a source to determine its reliability?
All of the above
Does the material seem to have bias
Who created the source material
Is the information fact or opinion
92
Which of these did NOT occur during the Neolithic Age
Invention of farming
People making pottery
Invention of language
People starting to live in villages

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Questions 92

Answers

1
Why did human language probably develop?
To tell stories
To express love
So folks could argue
To work together
2
Women had no rights in Sumer
True
False
3
When did written history begin?
Around 520 years ago
Around 5,200 years ago
Around 520,000 years ago
Around 52,000 years ago
4
Most of the world organizes their calendar on what key historical event?
The moment humans invented writing
The death of Christ
Mr. Pfohl's graduation from Purdue University
The birth of Christ
5
Which of these is NOT a secondary source?
Book
Movie
Article
Photograph
6
Where did religious ceremonies take place in Catal Huyuk
Public Shrines
In your private home with family
The Royal Palace
Public parks
7
What was an effect of Sumerians using cuneiform instead of pictographs?
Few people could read or write
All of the above
Writing took longer to complete
Clay tablets were no longer used
8
Sumerian city-states shared the same culture but developed their own seperate
Religions
Governments
Natural Resources
Languages
9
How could people become slaves in Sumerian society?
They could be orphans
They could be prisoners of war
All of the above
They borrowed more $$$ than they could repay
10
Remains of early life preserved in the ground
Artifacts
Fossils
11
A length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that occurred
Chronology
Timeline
Period
Phase
12
Which of these is NOT an advanced Mesopotamian city
Kish
Ur
Delphi
Nippur
13
What is the first hominid to make stone tools
Australopithecine
Homo Habilis
Homo Sapien
Home Erectus
14
The Ziggurat was the largest and most important structure in the city
False
True
15
Who discovered footprints made by Australopithecines in Tanzania?
Donald Johanson
Mary Leakey
Richard Leakey
Daniel Frederick
16
Which of these is not a positive of living in a migrating group and encountering new people?
Increased competition for food
Learning new ways to hunt mammoth
Learning about new tech like shovels
Learning better ways to create fire
17
What does A.D. stand for (in history)?
Anthony Davis
After death
Anno Domini
All day
18
Who was the hunter in hunter-gathering groups
Children
Women
Men
19
Information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event
Secondary Source
Primary Source
20
Growing and tending wild plants and animals is ________?
Domestication
Agricuture
21
Which of these is NOT a complex institution in Sumer?
The economy
The government
The library
The military
22
Who was the gatherer in hunter-gathering groups
Women
Children
Men
23
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Fertile soil
Low lands
Mountain Valley
Land between the rivers
24
What hominids are physically modern humans
Australopithcine
Homo Erectus
Homo Habilis
Homo Sapiens
25
What did artisans create in Catal Huyuk that was different from other villages
Luxury items like mirrors and metal beads
Cloth from cotton and wool
Houses made out of wood and stone
Tools from metal like iron and bronze
26
What two metals make bronze?
Aluminum and copper
Copper and iron
Tin and iron
Copper and tin
27
Which of these was NOT practiced by early Homo Sapiens?
Burying their dead
Creating sharp, durable tools
Traveling long distances by boat
Creating cave art
28
What is the official term for the Old Stone Age
Canolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
29
Which of these were not made from animal skin?
Clothes
Weapons
Leather
Shelters
30
What group was at the top of Sumerian society
Slaves
Land-Owners and Merchants
Kings and Priests
Artisans and Farmers
31
What is a community's background passed down through spoken stories and song?
Physical Tradition
Oral Tradition
Visual Tradition
Written tradition
32
Sumerian streets were easy to navigate
True
False
33
Nomads
People who move from place to place
Medicine Men
People who help grow food
People who hunt
34
How many Sumerian city-states do we know about?
8
5
12
15
35
Which of these is not a river valley where farming began
Mesopotamia
Nile River Valley
The Waldecker River Valley
Yellow River Valley
36
What types of sources are artifacts?
Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
37
What idea helped build bricks, ramps and canals
Literature
Geometry
Bronze
Cuneiform
38
Where is soil most fertile?
In the mountains
Near the mouths of rivers
39
Which continent was settled around 15,000 BC?
The Americas
Europe
Asia
Australia
40
First human like creatures to walk upright
Neanderthals
Homo Habilis
Australopithecine
Homo Erectus
41
What two rivers flow through Mesopotamia?
Nile and Euphrates
Tigris and Yellow
Euphrates and Yellow
Euphrates and Tigris
42
Which of these is NOT a Sumerian specialized worker that we discussed?
Artisan
King
Hunter
Merchant
43
Why did the Mesopotamians build walls around the city?
To keep out the heat
To keep out invaders
To honor the Gods
To keep people from escaping
44
Sumerians believed in heaven
False
True
45
An object made by a human being, such as a tool or weapon
Artifact
Fossil
46
What is the scientific study of a culture's artifacts and other evidence
Anthropology
Archaeology
47
What allowed people to settle down and develop communities?
The invention of farming
The invention of hunting
The invention of better stone tools
The invention of music
48
Which of these is a river valley where farming began?
The Mississsippi River
The Amazon River
The Maumee River
The Indus River Valley
49
Which of these is NOT advanced Sumerian tech?
The plow
The wheel
Bronze
Fire
50
The study of humankind, focused on development and culture
Anthropology
Archeology
51
Who discovered "Lucy"
Richard Leakey
Donald Johanson
Amy Mosher
Mary Leakey
52
Which is true about the common era?
It includes the same years as "Before Christ"
It includes the same years as "Anno Domini"
It began 500 years ago
It includes the year 2000 BC
53
The people of Mesopotamia knew a lot about weather and could predict the time and size of the yearly flood
False
True
54
What kind of climate does Mesopotamia have?
Tundra
Mediterranean
Semiarid
Arid
55
Homes with thick walls helped to keep out
Invaders
Insects
Heat
Flooding
56
Which of these is not an ancient artisan?
Chef
Weaver
Potter
Blacksmith
57
What is a "drought"
Great harvest
Time with no rain
Sumerian invention
Heavy rain storm
58
An unfair preference for, or a dislike, of something
Opinion
Source
Bias
Impartiality
59
Which of these is NOT a trait of a civilization
Specialized Workers
Complex Institutions
Advanced Tech
Farming
60
Catal Huyuk has a population of about how many?
500
75,000
5,000
1,000
61
Which of these is not a trait of a complex village
Social Classes
Schools
Trade
Specialized Workers
62
What are the first hominids to move out of Africa
Homo Sapien
Australopithecine
Homo Erectus
Homo Habilis
63
Which of the following would NOT be an artifact?
A spear
An arrowhead
A television
A skull
64
Which of the following is NOT one of the four main Sumerian gods?
God of the Sky
God of the night
God of wind
God of water
65
What place was the last to figure out farming
The Americas
Asia
Europe
The Middle East
66
Mesopotamians made bricks out of....
Wood
Clay
Silt
Concrete
67
What is prehistory?
The time before the Buddha's enlightenment
The time time before the birth of Jesus
The time before the discovery of America
The time before written language
68
Rivers would swell and flood in Mesopotamia due to heavy participation in the mountains
True
False
69
The shift from food gathering to food raising is called
The Agricultural Revolution
The Revolutionary War
The industrial revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
70
Where did farming take place in Catal Huyuk
By peoples homes
Inside the city walls
On the the outskirts of the city
Near the river
71
Technology consists of all the ways people apply knowledge and meet their needs
False
True
72
The majority of Sumerians were in a social class that included
Farmers
Wealthy Merchants
Landowners
Slaves
73
During which phase of the Stone Age did people control fire and develop language
Neolithic Age
Oslolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
74
How did farmers in Mesopotamia get around droughts?
Watered crops with pots
Irrigation
Sprinklers
Plumbing
75
A list of events in the order in which they occurred
Chronology
Cartography
Cosmology
Calligraphy
76
What is the very fertile soil carried by rivers?
Silk
Silt
Compost
Fertilizer
77
Most city-states were located in which part of Mesopotamia?
Near the mouths of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
On the west side of the Euphrates River
Near the beginning of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
On the east side of the Tigris River
78
Where is the Huang He (Yellow River) located?
The Americas
Europe
China
The Middle East
79
Roughly how many symbols did cuneiform have?
750
400
600
250
80
Who interprets natural events and is connected to the spirit world?
Artisans
Shamans
Weavers
Potters
81
Which of these is not a possible disadvantage of village life?
Plentiful food
Floods
Disease
Fire
82
Which of these is NOT one of humankinds most important achievements?
Inventing farming
Mastery of fire
Developing language
Creating the McRib
83
The main role of women in Sumer
Raising kids
Priestesses
Farmers
Artisans
84
Mounds, canals and dikes are part of what type of watering system
Irrigation
Well systems
Sprinklers
Plumbing
85
Which calendar (the most popular in the world) is based on the movement of the Earth around the sun
Julian Calendar
Gregorian Calendar
Mayan Calendar
Chinese Calendar
86
Which hominids developed human culture
Homo Sapiens
Australopithecine
Home Erectus
Homo Habilis
87
Which of these is not a trait of a complex village?
A flag
Public buildings
Government
Large population
88
What was the best way to travel in Mesopotamia?
Canals
Rivers
Camels
Horses
89
What is slash-and-burn?
Cutting off an enemy's head and burning their body
Cutting open an animal and roasting them over fire
Cutting down plants and farming on their ashes
Cutting down trees and burning them in a religious ceremony
90
What region did civilization begin in?
Sumer
China
Egypt
India
91
What question should historians ask about a source to determine its reliability?
All of the above
Does the material seem to have bias
Who created the source material
Is the information fact or opinion
92
Which of these did NOT occur during the Neolithic Age
Invention of farming
People making pottery
Invention of language
People starting to live in villages