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Choose the most logical response showing humans adjusting to the cold:
going somewhere warmer
using fire and animal skin/fur
making lightweight clothing
using ice for shelter
2
What would best describe the Paleolitic Era?
created cave art to communicate
lived in groups/clans
simple tools/weapons
All of these are right.
3
Which civilization created Cuneiform writing?
Mesopotamia
Incan
Egyptian
China
4
Which civilization worshipped and prayed to Gods in a ziggurat?
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
Ancient China
5
Why was fire important for humans?
keeping away dangerous animals
all these are correct
keeping warm
cooking
6
Choose the continent where archaeologists believe humans originated
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
7
Who primarily uses carbon dating?
Cartographers
Archeaologists
Historians
Geographers
8
founder of Judaism
Moses
Hammurabi
Abraham
David
9
Which characteristic was most common in ancient river valley civilizations?
Limited economic growth
Social equality
Hereditary rule
Limited population growth
10
Between 100k to 400k years ago, Homo Sapiens emerge from...
Asia
Europe
North America
East Africa
11
Aleppo and Jericho are located in-
The Fertile Crescent
the Indus River Valley
China
Egypt
12
When did the Paleolithic Age begin?
4,000 BCE
2,000,000 BCE
24,000 BCE
10,000 BCE
13
Great sailors, developed the alphabet, colonized in Spain/North Africa...
Phoenicians
Romans
Greeks
Egyptians
14
What would match a description of Mesopotamia?
Land beside Mediterranean Sea
Land between rivers
Land north of Egypt
Land between mountains
15
What is the reason that nomadic people settled down and created communities?
Farming/Agriculture
Specialized labor
Pottery
invention of written language
16
The ancient Hebrews established near which location
3
2
1
4
17
Early humans followed animals from Asia to North American during ____________
ice age
heat wave
mild winter
summer solstice
18
To keep trade records, the Phoenicians developed one of the world’s first ______________.
Measurements
Navigation
Numbering system
Alphabet
19
The defining characteristic of polytheistic religions is the idea that --
beings undergo many cycles of rebirth
past actions control the destiny of each person
there are many gods and goddesses in existence
there is an eternal struggle between good and evil
20
The economies of ancient river valley civilizations were based on . . .
trading gold for salt
military conquest
Tribute from captured people
agricultural surplus
21
Anything that humans created by hand can be considered a(n)...
clans
fossils
artifacts
bones
22
River valleys also provided protection from _________
bugs
drones
invasions
pyramids
23
Why did early humans move from one place to another?
wanted to see the next big city
looked for large areas that would supply lumber
looked for air conditioning
new food sources
24
Pharaohs were the leaders of what country in ancient times?
USA
Egypt
Canada
Greece
25
The Phonecians developed the alphabet.
False
True
26
Who Created Hieroglyphics
Old people
The U.S government
The Egyptians
E g y p t i a n s
27
Hammurabi's Codes is important in world history because it was an early
set of symbols that allowed the Sumerian to communicate
form a of writing to record important events
writing system that helped Phoenicians to be great traders
written list of law that controlled people's daily life
28
Many early civilizations had SCRIBES. What is a SCRIBE?
a fortress in a city.
a professional writer.
an organized list of laws and rules.
a worker skilled at making items by hand.
29
What geographical feature was critical in developing permanent settlements?
Mountains
Oceans
Valleys
Rivers
30
Why is Moses considered important in Judaism?
He freed the merchants
He gained popularity in Greece
He freed the Jews from Egypt
He ruled Egypt
31
Which early civilization is credited with creating pictograms?
Paleolithic Man
Egyptians
Phoenicians
Sumerians
32
Moses, Torah, Monotheism, Ten Commandments, Abraham fall under ?
Hinduism
Buddhism
None of these
Judaism
33
what is monotheism?
the belief that there is no God
the belief that you are lonely
the belief that God is good
the belief there is only one God
34
What's this?
Jericho
Stonehenge
Chichen Itza
Babylon
35
Which statement best describes the importance of the Ten Commandments?
The basic beliefs of the Sumerians
The sacred text of the Egyptians
The religious writings of the Persians
A set of moral laws for the Hebrews
36
What was one change that marked an important event in the Neolithic Era?
living in villages
using metal on tool
domesticating animal/crops
all of the above
37
One similarity between Sumer and Egypt was that their religion
was used by their rulers as justification for their authority
was only important to the upper classes in society
was monotheistic
was only important to the lower classes
38
The Jewish Diaspora refers to ___.
Jerusalem.
the forced dispersal of Jews.
the destruction of the Templein A.D. 70.
the years the Jews were slaves in Egypt.
