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Ch. 1, Sections 1-2 Review
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1
Nebuchadnezzar king of the _______.
Assyrians
Sumerians
Babylonians
Chaldeans
2
Paleolithic women had one main job. What was that job?
To clean the home while men hunted.
To grow crops.
To pick berries, fruits, and nuts.
To bake bread for the tribe's food.
3
Building walls, waterways, and ditches in order to bring water to crops is called what?
irritation
farming
domestication
irrigation
4
A very complex society with 6 basic characteristics is known as what?
a city-state
Jericho and Catal Huyuk
a civilization
Mesopotamia
5
Sumerian people created what math that still is used today?
Geometry
Trigonometry
Basic Math (addition, subtraction)
Algebra
6
Who did the Assyrians learn to make iron tools from?
Hittites
Hammurabi
Otzi
Nebuchadnezzar
7
The Assyrians needed a large ____ to defend themselves.
weapon
king
tool
army
8
Paleolithic men had one main job. What was that job?
To follow animals
To cook the food
To raise a son
To hunt animals
9
Provinces are
cities
countries
political districts
governments
10
What do we call a person who studies and writes about the past?
Historian
Anthropologist
Professor
Archaeologists
11
_______ was a city on the Euphrates River that was a center for trade.
Babylon
Ur
Sargon
Nineveh
12
A person who could write in ancient Sumer was known as what?
A judge
A record keeper
A wealthy boy
A scribe
13
One thing helped human beings survive the Ice Age. And that was...
better technology.
better shelter from improved technology.
discovering fire.
farming skills.
14
Babylon was a center of _____ .
language
culture
trade
art
15
For whom Nebuchadnezzar build The Hanging Gardens?
His wife
Himself
His children
His mom
16
The first written language known to man was called what?
Pictography
Sumerian
Cuneiform
Mesopotamian
17
For the Paleolithic Age, tools and new methods to help humans perform tasks are known as what?
Weapons
Technology
Irrigation
Domestication
18
What event led to humans farming and settling down in the Neolithic Age.
People began domesticating plants and animals.
People began specialize in different skills.
People discovered how to make a fire.
People began using animals as labor workers.
19
Specialization means that people...
began performing many skilled tasks.
became very good at hunting.
began using tools for measurement.
began farming and breeding animals.
20
The Chaldeans made the first _____
cuneiform
sunglasses
sundial
cell phone
21
The most innovative and creative society in ancient Mesopotamia was...
Nineveh.
Sumer.
Babylon.
Ur.
22
A strip of excellent farming land extending from the Med. Sea through the Persian Gulf is...?
Asia
Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Fertile Crescent
23
Paleolithic people made tools by shaping and sharpening...
arrow heads.
copper blades.
flint rock.
metal blades.
24
The Code of Hammurabi was the basis of our modern day system of _______.
Writing
government
justice
school
25
The word Mesopotamia actually means...
"the land by the rivers."
"the land between two rivers."
"the cradle of civilization."
"the land of civilizations."
26
People who move regularly from place to place are called what?
Nomads
Early Humans
Drifters
Tribes
27
Who was Sargon?
Hammurabi's Dad
A king of Ur
A king of Assyria
A king of the Akkadians
28
What group captured Babylon from the northeast?
Americans
Persians
Sumerians
Assyrians
29
_________________________ were located in Babylon.
The Hanging Gardens.
Cuneiform
The Royal Standard of Ur
Nile River
30
What do astronomers study?
religion and gods.
Stars, moon, and sky.
Astronometery
history
31
Sumerians created a number system based on which number?
100
10
360
60
32
How did The Hanging Gardens get it's water?
A pump from the river
A bucket from the river
rain
Nebuchadnezzar's wife
33
Historians agree that civilizations contain ____ characteristics.
8
6
7
similar
34
Hammurabi wrote a ____ of laws
book
set
code
tablet
35
What is an empire?
A city on the Tigris river
A group of many different lands under one ruler
Sumerian writing system
A video game
36
Neolithic men began doing a different job than Paleolithic men. What was that new job?
Farming and building houses
Farming and cutting grass
Hunting and cooking
Farming and herding
37
_____ is one of the oldest known cities in the world.
Sumer
Nineveh
Babylon
Jericho
38
The Chaldeans were descendants of who?
Babylon
Akkadians
Sumer
Assyria
39
An archaeologist...
explains how artifacts were used in society.
uses shovels.
finds ancient artifacts in the ground.
organizes bones from animals.
40
A ziggurat is...
a small building on the edge of town for priests to use.
a huge, square temple used for priests to reach the gods.
the main god of Mesopotamia.
a god who is over special skills.
41
Weapons, tools, and other things made by humans are known as what?
Artifacts
Fossils
Ancient Ruins
Technology
42
An anthropologist...
uses a shovel to dig for ancient fossils.
finds ancient artifacts in the ground.
assists the archaeologist at a historic the site.
tells us how artifacts were used in society.
43
Paleolithic people expressed themselves in which three ways?
Eat, drink, and be merry.
Song, dance, and laughter.
language, art, and song.
language, art, religion.
44
Which river can be found in Mesopotamia?
The Tigris River
The Jordan River
The Nile River
The Tiger River
45
What event forced people to settle down in one location leading to the creation of cities?
The Farming Revolution
The Technology Revolution
The Ice Age
The discovery of fire
