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Unit 1: Beginnings of Civilization, 7th grade World History.
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1
Which of the following is not true of Hammurabi's Code?
It was carved in stone.
It was used by many later civilizations as a model.
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
It treated all people the same under the law.
2
___ = a society that has cities, government, trade, social classes, and skilled jobs.
Town
Social Hierarchy
Civilization
Village
3
What factor increased global population during the Neolithic Revolution?
People were well-fed by food surpluses.
People hunted and gathered their food.
People were divided into social classes.
People invented the strong and durable bronze.
4
___ = a worker who is especially skilled in crafting items by hand.
Scribe
Priest
Hero
Artisan
5
___ = the region between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Sumer
Assyrian Empire
6
Which if these are Sumerian inventions.
Wheel and plow
Clock and watch
Compass and Sextant
Pen and Paper
7
Which is the correct order of the Mesopotamian Civilizations?
Sumerian - Akkadian - Babylonian - Assyrian
Sumerian - Babylonian - Akkadian - Assyrian
Sumerian - Assyrian - Babylonian - Akkadian
Akkadian - Sumerian - Babylonian - Assyrian
8
What did King Nebuchadnezzar II (possibly) build for one of his wives?
A ziggurat
The Hanging Gardens
A law code
Calendars
9
Which of the following were members of the upper class?
Scribes
artisans
Traders
Kings and priests
10
___ = a period of time characterized by the use of bronze for tools and weapons.
Bronze Age
Renaissance
Cambrian Epoch
Stone Age
11
What civilization was led by Sargon and located north of Sumer.
Babylonia
Egypt
Akkadia
Iran
12
What is a city-state?
A city that is also a separate, independent state.
A walled city.
A small country with trade between its cities.
A city that controls many other cities.
13
The first empire in world history was the ___ Empire.
Sumerian
Egyptian
Phoenician
Akkadian
14
___ = a group of traders traveling together.
Caravan
Bazaar
Civilization
Troupe
15
___ = stories passed down by word of mouth.
Oral traditions
Artifact
Griot
Primary source
16
___ = the time before writing was invented.
Prehistory
History
Artifact
Bronze Age
17
___ = capital of the Assyrian Empire; known as a great center of art and learning.
Sumer
Nineveh
Assur
Babylon
18
___ = Empire ruled by King Nebuchadnezzar II (builder of the Ishtar Gate and Hanging Gardens).
Babylonian Empire
New Babylonian Empire
Akkadian Empire
Assyrian Empire
19
What was the writing system invented by the Sumerians called?
Cuneiform
Gilgamesh
Scribe
Hieroglyphs
20
Which of the following is a secondary source?
Encyclopedia article on Pittsburgh
Video footage of the 2016 Presidential Debates
Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi
Interview with Bruno Mars
21
___ = a powerful weapon with a wooden beam mounted on wheels; invention on the Assyrians.
Catapult
Bazaar
Chariot
Battering ram
22
Which of the following is a primary source?
Biography on Beethoven
Ken Burns Documentary on the Civil War
Treaty of Tordesillas
Early History Textbook
23
___ = many territories and peoples controlled by one government.
Country
Empire
Code
City-state
24
Who was the Babylonian who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
Nineveh
Hammurabi
Sargon
Gilgamesh
25
What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?
Egypt
Iraq
Iran
China
26
The development of food surpluses in ancient Mesopotamia resulted in which of the following?
Birth of civilizations
Overpopulation
Inflation
Rotten crops
27
What is the most popular theory behind Otzi's death?
Otzi passed away due to old age and over-exertion
Otzi was attacked by a pack of wolves
Otzi slipped on ice and fell while mountain climbing
Otzi was struck by an arrow and struck in the head
28
___ = a scientist who examines objects to learn about the human past.
Anthropologist
Historian
Paleontologist
Archaeologist
29
___ = stories that explain people's beliefs.
Limericks
Poems
Epics
Myths
30
When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the Sumerian city-states, they created the first ___.
Super city-state
Nation
Social class
Empire
31
___ = supplying the land with water from another place using a network of canals.
Inwatrication
Lubricate
Irrigation
Fertile
32
___ = the worship of many gods.
Monotheism
Ziggurat
Priests
Polytheism
33
___ = a region in Southwest Asia, known for it's rich soil that is good for farming.
Sumer
Sahara Desert
Middle East
Fertile Crescent
