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A social studies unit on the early civilizations of our planet.
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A writing system invented by the Sumerians to keep track of business dealings:
Archaeology
Cuneiform
Artifacts
Surplus
2
Which of the following best describes the first Mesopotamians?
hunter gatherers
roamers
farmers
hunters
3
Who ruled the kingdom of Babylonia and created a code of laws by which to live?
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar II
Hammurabi
Ashurbanipal
4
What does domestication mean?
make ancient
hunt
make tame
make wild
5
Which is NOT one of the reasons people settled in Mesopotamia?
fertile land
plenty of fish
high, flat land
fresh water supply
6
Which of the following best describes the Stone Age?
people made ceramic pots
people relied on stone tools
people did not live in communities
people made gold jewerly
7
What was a reason why people settled in southern Mesopotamia?
many trees
plenty of wild game to hunt
low rainfall
plenty of fresh water
8
What technology was developed by the peoples of Mesopotamia?
a class system
the steel plow blade
a system of writing
farming
9
A set of 282 laws that helped the King of Babylon govern his empire:
Code of Hammurabi
surplus
polytheism
artifacts
10
The period of time before people developed systems of writing and a written language:
cueiform
prehistory
ziggurat
polytheism
11
What advantage was there to cuneiform writing over picture writing?
it was simplier
it provided a permanent record
it was prettier
only royalty used it
12
The King of Babylon around 2100 BC:
Fertile Crescent
Hammurabi
Prehistory
Code of Hammurabi
13
an area of land between Asia and North America that was a migration path:
Beringia Land Bridge
Prehistory
Archaeology
Fertile Crescent
14
Area of land that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf between the 2 rivers
Fertile Crescent
Polytheism
Surplus
Ziggurat
15
Which farming method allowed successful farming in southern Mesopotamia?
irrigation
cultivation
domestication
harvesting
16
The worship of many gods:
Fertile Crescent
Polytheism
Prehistory
Code of Hammurabi
17
Which of the following was NOT part of the Sumerian civilization?
walls built to surround their city-states
written language
worship of a single god
ziggurats
18
Large temples built by the Sumerians:
Prehistory
Surplus
Hammurabi
Ziggurats
19
Which of the following best describes culture?
beliefs, art, and technology of a group
preferences, beliefs, and art of a group
religion, art and tools of a group
technology, customs, beliefs, and art of a group
20
The study of past cultures through the things that remain such as buildings, tools, and pottery
archaeology
artifacts
surplus
cuneiform
21
Which of the following professionals is dedicated to the study of ancient peoples & artifacts?
botanist
lawyer
archaeologist
historian
22
To have extra supply of something:
ziggurat
artifacts
polytheism
surplus
23
Objects made by people long ago:
ziggurat
artifacts
surplus
prehistory
24
What was the overall purpose of the Code of Hammurabi?
to enforce punishment
to me a mean King
teach good business practices
protect the people
25
In which area did one of the first civilizations settle?
an island in a gulf
farmland on a mountain
a desert area
a land between two rivers
