Quiz Review - First Peoples and Ancient Sumer

Mesopotamia had lots of great advantages for establishing a civilization.

The fall of Sumer comes when...

The most significant and enduring transformation of humankind is:

A major characteristic in the Uruk period of Mesopotamian history is urbanization.

The most common building material in Mesopotamia was:

The Sumerian King's List provides us with what information?

Which of these are NOT an invention handed down from the ancient Sumerian civilization:

When citing dates of historical events, the initials A.D. and C.E. are synonymous terms.

The Chalcolithic Age is also known as:

The earliest kings arise in Sumer during this time period:

All of these archeological records include creation stories, EXCEPT:

All of these are true of the Austronesian migration, EXCEPT:

The 9th century B.C.E. would include the years:

The Hebrew creation account recorded in Genesis is what type of creation story?

The most distinctive feature of early civilizations was:

This period saw the rise of kings, establishment of government and bureaucracy and conflict between city-states:

Societies that relied more heavily on animals because farming was difficult or impossible are called:

Civilization emerged in Mesopotamia partly due to the regular, predictable flooding that provided good soil for crops.

Which of the following are true of the Uruk period of Sumerian history:

Cuneiform was a script - not a language - and was used by multiple cultures to write a number of languages