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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
________ refers to the study of the origins and development of people and their societies.
Astrology
Anthropology
Geology
Botony
2
What does "Homo habilis" mean?
Same house
Man of habit
Handy man
Designer of shrubberies
3
As part of God's covenant with Abraham, which region would one day belong to the Israelites?
Mesopotamia
Canaan
Egypt
Cyprus
4
Why might a writing system be valuable to the ancient Egyptian government?
Allowed them to keep records & keep a more organized gov't
Allowed them to record its literature
Gave them with an easy was to communicate with other gov'ts
Allowed leaders a way to talk with the commoners directly
5
The photograph shows an artifact found in Çatalhüyük. The artifact belongs to the _____ period.
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Jurassic
Mesozoic
6
________ is the era of prehistory that lasted from 2 million B.C. to about 10, 000 B.C.
The Rise of Civilizations
The Old Stone Age
The Neolithic Revolution
The Ancient Era
7
If people are polytheistic, it means they
Are members of the ruling class
Practice animism
Are skilled artisans
Believe in many gods
8
What feature is common to all hominids?
All hominids spoke the same language
All hominids walked upright on two feet
All hominids were more than six feet tall
All hominids developed during the same time period
9
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
10
In 586 BC, Nebuchadnezzar burned the great temple and forced many of ___ he defeated into exile
the Egyptians
the ancient Jews
The Assyrians
the Babylonians
11
By establishing a single Persian coinage, what was Darius able to create?
The first known empire
Stronger trade & economic ties among his far-flung subjects
high levels of barter with Egypt
Strong trade ties to Europe
12
Based on the map, early modern humans first lived in ___ and moved to other places in the world
South America
North America
West Asia
Africa
13
Sumerians invented the earliest known writing, which was later called ________.
Ziggurat
Mesopotamian
Hierogliphics
cuneiform
14
Jericho's status as the first city with a wall indicates that
It was the first city built during the Old Stone Age
It was the first time concrete was used as building material
It was the first time a wall was used to connect two cities
It had a government to organize construction projects
15
Why did scholars name an early hominid group Homo habilis, which means "handy man"?
They were the first hominids to develop a language
They were the first hominids to master carpentry
They were the first hominids to make stone tools
They were the first hominids to build houses.
16
Which ruler is most likely to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar
Menes
Hammurabi
Darius
17
What feature of this writing identifies it as cuneiform?
The wedged-shaped marks
An excessive use of circular symbols
A division of the tablet into precise boxes
An emphasis on aesthetics
18
The Neolithic Revolution was characterized by
The development of spoken language
Nomadic life
Sea travel
Settled farming
19
When Sargon,ruler of Akkad,beat the city-states of Sumer, what did he create for the first time
A city-state
a colony
a civilization
an empire
20
Who established a number system based on six & divided the hour into 60 minutes
Akkadians
Assyrians
Sumerians
Babylonians
21
Which item is an example of an artifact?
Ancient footprint
Coin
Skeleton
Fossil
22
What did Champollion's deciphering of the Rosetta Stone make possible?
led the understanding of Egyptian demotic script.
led to the discovery of major archaeological sites in Egypt.
Allowed scholars to read other ancient Egyptian writings.
allowed scholars to read many other Babylonian writings.
23
_____ was one of the world's first villages, built in the modern-day West Bank around 10,000 BC
Jericho
Turkana
Cairo
Mohenjo-Daro
24
What do the structures in this photograph suggest about ancient Egypt?
It existed for only a brief time
It was complex & capable of highly organized efforts
Its culture was influenced by other civilizatins
It was largely decentralized and lightly organized
25
Which feature of civilization provides the most important artifacts?
Public works
Organized governments
Writing
Arts and architecture
