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1
What type of social scientist would be most interested in an artifact with writing on it?
Crewmate
Archaeologist
Detective
Historian
2
The Assyrians are most known for their achievements in...
Culture and arts
Military and warfare
Fingerpainting
Government and laws
3
Which hominid group was the first to migrate out of Africa?
Australopithecus Afarensis
Homo Habilis: Handy Man
Homo Erectus: Upright Man
Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis: Neanderthal Man
4
A large territory where groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government is called an
Economy
Empire
Autocracy
Trump's America
5
According to some historians, what is the Sumerians greatest architectural achievement?
The arch
The Staircase
The Wheel
The Ziggurat
6
How did the Assyrians weaken their enemies before battles even began?
They poisoned their enemies' sources of drinking water.
They played Taylor Swift on repeat.
They deprived their enemies of sleep the night before a battle.
They created fear by spreading tales of their cruelty.
7
Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?
They all depended on each other for water.
What Sargon says, Sargon gets.
Each of them kept written records.
Each of them had its own ruler and farmland.
8
Which is the proper sequence of empires that ruled Mesopotamia?
Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Assyrian, Akkadian
Assyrian, Akkadian, Neo-Babylonian, Babylonian
Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian, Babylonian, Akkadian, Assyrian
9
Which of these did the Akkadians use to gain power over Sumer?
Religious teachings
Hulk Hogan
Economic wealth
Military strategy
10
A stone called lapis lazuli, used on the Standard of Ur, came from beyond the Zagros Mountains. This shows that Sumer:
Mined stones
Traded
Had Agriculture
Was filled with imposters
11
If you are a Sumerian farmer, and you don’t like having to clean out canals. What might happen if you refused to help?
The system could clog up and ruin everyone’s crops.
You walk the plank!
Your crops would be fine as long as you kept the canal on your land clear.
Nothing; the canals are not that important to farmers.
12
If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?
To irrigate crops
To prevent floods
To binge watch Christmas movies on Freeform
To control workers
13
The Tigris and lower Euphrates rivers flow in a generally_____direction until they reach the body of water called the___
southeast; Mediterranean Sea
Randomly, Unicorn Pool
northeast; Taurus Mountains
southeast; Persian Gulf
14
What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?
Increase in population
Change in the climate
The emergence of the demogorgon into human society
Overuse of the soil
15
Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots?
Swords
5g
Wheels
Horseshoes
16
Mesopotamia is located in the modern country of
(...by the Rivers of) Babylon
Turkey
Jordan
Iraq
17
What was NOT a result of people developing specialized skills
Making thing beautiful rather than just useful
Improve the quality of what they made
Moving more often in search of food
Trading with other people for different things
18
A prehistoric object is one that comes from a time:
Before electricity was discovered.
Before the Simpsons was televised.
Before people lived in cities.
Before history was written.
19
Which of the following was not an original invention by the Sumerians?
The Wheel
Space X
The Arch
The Plow
20
Water is to reservoir as money is to
Purchase
Credit card
Mark Cuban
Banks
21
Which question about the past does cave art most help to answer?
What language did people speak?
What did the people look like?
What animals lived in the area?
Where's the Beef?
22
During the Paleolithic Age people gradually found that instead of gathering wild plants, they could
Shake their bon-bon
Plant seeds and harvest crops
Hunt wild animals
Steal food from other people
23
How did Sumerian farmers control the water supply?
They built levees to prevent flooding.
All of these..
They built reservoirs to store water for later use.
They dug canals to shape the paths the water took.
24
What evidence from the painting supports the theory that this was created to show a hunting ritual?
The unarmed man
The Bison
Jason Voorhies in the background
The weapon laying nearby
25
Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with
Mr. Wonderful's Tears
Rocks shaped into squares
Bricks made of mud
Reeds cut near the rivers
26
Which one of these inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?
The plow
The wheel
Airpods
The arch
27
Which of these activities would an archaeologist most likely do?
Examine Objects
Teach College By Day
Read Old Newspapers
Make Maps
28
• Lead the army • Enforce the laws • Have temples built. Who had these responsibilities?
Chandler Bing
Scribes
King
Priest
29
Which statement about Homo habilis describes a capability that helped their group survive?
They knew how to make tools.
They came before Neanderthals.
Listening to Podcasts
They had ape and human features.
30
Nomad is to cave as farmer is to:
Permanent Shelter
Santa Claus
Plow
Village
31
How was Handy Man different from Lucy?
Handy Man’s height was much shorter than Lucy’s.
Handy Man’s brain was twice the size of Lucy’s.
Lucy celebrated Christmas with Charlie Brown
Handy Man only had human features, unlike Lucy.
32
Large brains helped Homo sapiens neanderthalensis survive, giving them the ability to
Run much faster.
Plant crops for food.
Design better tools.
Leave 5 star reviews on Amazon
33
Why did the Akkadian Empire weaken under the leadership of kings after Sargon?
They drank bad egg nog
The Akkadians made enemies of their neighbors to the south.
Later kings began to lose interest in maintaining their armies.
Later kings found it difficult to rule such a large territory.
34
Sargon was the first king to decree...
Uruk was the greatest city of all time
That his sons would rule after his death
Steles were pointless and they should all be burned
Akkadians had to build him monuments
35
After the fall of the Assyrian Empire,
Sumerians went Vegan
Mesopotamia reverted to independent city-states.
Hammurabi seized control over the crumbling empire.
The Babylonians regained control over Mesopotamia.
