Who was Darius of Persia?

One of the strongest Persian kings

What was the role of scribes in Sumer?

write down the laws & contracts

Why were floods helpful in Mesopotamia?

Flooded rivers were filled with silt, which was good for farming

What Are The 5 Themes Of Social Studies?

History,Geography,Culture,Econmics,Government

What seperates the Paleolithic Era from the Neolithic Era?

Development of farming and raising livestock

What was Hammurabi's Code?

A series of 282 laws to create order in Mesopotamian society

Where was Mesopotamia located?

Southwest Asia, between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.

What was the Paleolithic Era?

A period where stone was used to make tools, also known; the Old Stone Age

What is domestication?

To tame animals and plants for human use

What defined the Mesolithic Era?

The creation of new tools and technologies

List the order of the social hierarchy in Sumeria

Kings, Priests, Farmers, Slaves

What are the five themes of geography?

location, place, human/environment interaction, movement, region

What is a Hunter Gatherer?

A hunter who hunts wild animals and gathers wild plants

The person who created the world's first empire.

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1
Who is Hammurabi?
The king of all the empires in all the land
The Persian king
The African king
The Babylonian king
2
Are we Homo Sapiens?
False
True
3
Why did Paleolithic people begin migrating to new areas?
Their land flooded
An ice age started
Groups began fighting each other
There was a bad drought
4
Who was Darius of Persia?
A statue of a famous farmer
A lowely priest
Half-camel, half-man
One of the strongest Persian kings
5
Cuneiform was the first system of writing, invented by whom?
Egyptians
Sumerians
Americans
Chinese
6
What was the role of scribes in Sumer?
entertain the kings
dig irrigation canals
collect taxes
write down the laws & contracts
7
Why were floods helpful in Mesopotamia?
The floods watered crops and provided nutrients to the soil
These floods controlled the population levels in Mesopotamia
The floods prepared fields for next years planting season
Flooded rivers were filled with silt, which was good for farming
8
What Are The 5 Themes Of Social Studies?
History,Geography,Culture,Econmics,Government
Govenment,Economics,Culture,Rome,History
Economics,History,Hippocrates,Government,Culture
Idk
9
Who were the Hanging Gardens for?
Persians
Nebuchadnezzar's wife
Nebuchadnezzar
babylonians
10
When did the Ice Age begin?
5.4 million years ago
1.3 million years ago
2.6 million years ago
3.7 million years ago
11
What seperates the Paleolithic Era from the Neolithic Era?
Development of farming and raising livestock
Art, including paintings
A belief in an afterlife
Use of fire
12
How many provinces were there in Persia?
87
13, how unlucky
21, AKA 10 + 9
20
13
What did Homo habilis do?
walk around
made simple tools
helped Louis explore America
made lasers
14
What did Cyrus the Great allow the Hebrews to do?
flee to another country
return to Israel
live as they always had
disobey his laws
15
What was Hammurabi's Code?
A letter written by Hammurabi to the people of Mesopotamia
A set of 143 rules about proper manners and etiquette
An unbreakable cypher to send messages in secret code
A series of 282 laws to create order in Mesopotamian society
16
What did the Phoenicians make from murex?
blown glass
boats
purple dye
papyrus
17
What was the name of the first Empire?
Sumer
Persia
Ur
Assyria
18
Where was Mesopotamia located?
Southwest Asia, between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
Southeast Asia, between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
Southwest Asia, between the Nile and the Euphrates rivers.
Southwest Asia, between the Tigris and the Amazon rivers.
19
What is Polytheism?
All of the gods of a people or religion collectively.
The belief in one God.
The belief in many gods.
The worship of other beings, creatures, or material goods
20
What does Neolithic mean?
Old Stone Age
Believing in many gods
Believing in only one god
New Stone Age
21
How did UTZI die?
old age
Starved to death
shot in the back with an arrow
Fell off a glacier
22
What is surplus?
An arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task/job.
Growth of cities in Mesopotamia.
A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland
Extra; more than needed.
23
Assyrians were NOT known for
Hammurabi's Code
taking control of other lands
trading
being fierce warriors
24
Homo Erectus is also known as
Upright Man
Upsidedown Man
Uptight Man
Uptown Man
25
What was the name of Gilgamesh's kingdom?
Uruk
Enlil
Ishtar
Mesopotamia
26
Who was able to unite all of Persia into a powerful kingdom?
King Xerxes
King Leonidas
King Darius
Cyrus the Great
27
What's another name for the Mesolithic Era?
Early Stone Age
Late Stone Age
Middle Stone Age
New Stone Age
28
On what body of water were most Phoenician city-states located?
Mediterranean Sea
Tigris River
Red Sea
Euphrates River
29
What was the name of Sargon's kingdom?
Akkad
Gligamesh
Persian
Hammurabi
30
what did the Phoenicians do well?
Conquer Cities
Built Towers
Built Ships
Steal jewelry
31
What was the Paleolithic Era?
A period where early humans lived in caves or huts, & were hunter gatherer
A period where moved from a nomadic to a sedantary lifestyle.
A period where stone was used to make tools, also known; the Old Stone Age
The period when modern humans developed.
32
Before Cyrus who was stronger?
Persians
Medes
Neither - They were equal.
33
What is domestication?
Weapon, tool or other item made by humans
The development of different kinds of jobs
To tame animals and plants for human use
“New Stone Age”
34
What technology did the Hittites and the Assyrians use in battle?
guns and cannons
arrows and iron weapons
iron weapons and chariots
carts and cannons
35
What defined the Mesolithic Era?
The creation of religion and belief systems
The creation of new tools and technologies
The creation of art
The creation of cities
36
List the order of the social hierarchy in Sumeria
Commoners, Elites, Priests, Slaves
Priests, Commoners, Elites, Slaves
Kings, Priests, Farmers, Slaves
Slaves, Priests, Elites, Commoners
37
A governor in Ancient Persia.
Emperor
Governator
Satrap
Pharaoh
38
What are the five themes of geography?
location, place, human/environment interaction, movement, region
books, tvs, computers, phones, tablets
continents, countries, states, cities, towns
maps, globes, oceans, mountains, plains
39
What did the Phoenicians invent ?
The stars
The alphabet
The world
The war
40
What is a Hunter Gatherer?
people who move place to place
A hunter who hunts wild animals and gathers wild plants
The ice man
a human
41
Who ruled the chaldeans?
Ramseys
Hamurabi
Stephen Curry
Nebuchanezzar
42
All of the following were Phoenician city-states EXCEPT...
Byblos
Troy
Tyre
Sidon
43
'Immortals' in Persia refer to
the afterlife
Greek gods & goddesses
Cyrus the Great
brave & skilled soldiers
44
During the Paleolithic Era, people used _________ as tools
axes
hammers
animals
stones
45
Who was Sargon?
The person who created the world's first empire.
A priest.
Hammurabi's brother.
The person who created social hierarchy
46
What did Louis and Mary Leakey discover?
prehistoric fossils
fossils of Homo Sapiens
evidence of early hominids
excavations of prehistoric sites
47
Who won the Battle of Marathon?
Persians
Greeks
48
During the Mesolithic Era, people
got rid of all the dinosaurs
elected leaders
settled in new lands
moved to Antarctica

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