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Assessment: Origins of Civilization & Ancient Middle East and Egypt
Assessment: Origins of Civilization & Ancient Middle East and Egypt
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1
________ is the era of prehistory that lasted from 2 million B.C. to about 10, 000 B.C.
The Rise of Civilizations
The Ancient Era
The Old Stone Age
The Neolithic Revolution
2
What does "Homo habilis" mean?
Handy man
Designer of shrubberies
Same house
Man of habit
3
What do the structures in this photograph suggest about ancient Egypt?
It was complex & capable of highly organized efforts
It was largely decentralized and lightly organized
Its culture was influenced by other civilizatins
It existed for only a brief time
4
Why did scholars name an early hominid group Homo habilis, which means "handy man"?
They were the first hominids to master carpentry
They were the first hominids to develop a language
They were the first hominids to make stone tools
They were the first hominids to build houses.
5
Which ruler is most likely to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Darius
Menes
6
Match the historical figures with a reason for their fame in the second column
a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
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What feature of this writing identifies it as cuneiform?
A division of the tablet into precise boxes
An emphasis on aesthetics
An excessive use of circular symbols
The wedged-shaped marks
8
Why might a writing system be valuable to the ancient Egyptian government?
Gave them with an easy was to communicate with other gov'ts
Allowed leaders a way to talk with the commoners directly
Allowed them to keep records & keep a more organized gov't
Allowed them to record its literature
9
As part of God's covenant with Abraham, which region would one day belong to the Israelites?
Canaan
Cyprus
Egypt
Mesopotamia
10
Who established a number system based on six & divided the hour into 60 minutes
Assyrians
Akkadians
Babylonians
Sumerians
11
The photograph shows an artifact found in Çatalhüyük. The artifact belongs to the _____ period.
Paleolithic
Mesozoic
Jurassic
Neolithic
12
Which item is an example of an artifact?
Ancient footprint
Skeleton
Fossil
Coin
13
When Sargon,ruler of Akkad,beat the city-states of Sumer, what did he create for the first time
A city-state
an empire
a civilization
a colony
14
Sumerians invented the earliest known writing, which was later called ________.
Ziggurat
Hierogliphics
cuneiform
Mesopotamian
15
By establishing a single Persian coinage, what was Darius able to create?
Stronger trade & economic ties among his far-flung subjects
high levels of barter with Egypt
Strong trade ties to Europe
The first known empire
16
Based on the map, early modern humans first lived in ___ and moved to other places in the world
West Asia
North America
Africa
South America
17
What did Champollion's deciphering of the Rosetta Stone make possible?
led the understanding of Egyptian demotic script.
allowed scholars to read many other Babylonian writings.
Allowed scholars to read other ancient Egyptian writings.
led to the discovery of major archaeological sites in Egypt.
18
________ refers to the study of the origins and development of people and their societies.
Anthropology
Botony
Astrology
Geology
19
The Neolithic Revolution was characterized by
Sea travel
Settled farming
The development of spoken language
Nomadic life
20
Jericho's status as the first city with a wall indicates that
It was the first time concrete was used as building material
It had a government to organize construction projects
It was the first time a wall was used to connect two cities
It was the first city built during the Old Stone Age
21
If people are polytheistic, it means they
Believe in many gods
Are members of the ruling class
Are skilled artisans
Practice animism
22
In 586 BC, Nebuchadnezzar burned the great temple and forced many of ___ he defeated into exile
the Babylonians
the Egyptians
The Assyrians
the ancient Jews
23
Which feature of civilization provides the most important artifacts?
Organized governments
Arts and architecture
Writing
Public works
24
_____ was one of the world's first villages, built in the modern-day West Bank around 10,000 BC
Jericho
Turkana
Mohenjo-Daro
Cairo
25
What feature is common to all hominids?
All hominids walked upright on two feet
All hominids developed during the same time period
All hominids were more than six feet tall
All hominids spoke the same language
