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TMS 8th grade World History 1st 9 weeks Exam Review
TMS 8th grade World History 1st 9 weeks Exam Review
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What kind of source is an account of an event created by someone who took part or witnessed it?
Tertiary
Primary
An unreliable one
Secondary
2
What number is the Sumerian calendar based off?
12
9
33
3
3
Which term means permanently settled in one place?
Agrarian
Polytheistic
Sedentary
Nomadic
4
Why did crops grow well in Mesopotamia?
there was poor soil with water
there was good soil and water
crops did not grow well there
there was good soil but no water
5
Why did city-states fight?
control of water
power
farmland
gold and other treasures
6
Who was Otzi?
earliest Homo Sapien mummy ever found
earliest Homo Erectus mummy ever found
earliest Homo Habilis ever found
earliest Australopithecus ever found
7
What type of societies did early humans form?
civilization
Hunter-planter
Hunter-gatherer
Punter-gatherer
8
What calendar do western nations use?
Julian Calendar
Mayan Calendar
Western Orthodox Calendar
Gregorian Calendar
9
Who held the most power in both Egyptian and Sumerian society?
scribes
farmers
priests
kings/pharaohs
10
What happened as people stopped hunting and gathering?
They became more reliant on migration.
They became more reliant on trading.
They became more reliant on farming.
They became more reliant on specialization.
11
Which of the following are examples of fossils?
human bones
animal bones
all of these
footprints
12
How did early people migrate to new continents?
airplane
sea bridges
land bridges
boat
13
What is a city and all of the countryside around it called?
A City-State
A Country
A Monarchy
An Empire
14
What is the Egyptian form of writing called?
Hieroglyphics
Arabic
Babylonian
Cuneiform
15
What is the shift from food gathering to food production known as?
Mesolithic Revolution
Paleolithic Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
American Revolution
16
Whose tomb taught us a lot about Egyptian burial practices?
Ramses II
Thutmose III
Tutankhamen
Hatshepsut
17
What belief was central to the Egyptian religion?
Religious Holidays
Temple Offerings
Temple Prayers
The Afterlife
18
Which term refers to depending largely on farming for survival?
Polytheistic
Agrarian
Sedentary
Nomadic
19
Which two groups used chariots and iron weapons?
Assyrians and Hittites
Sumerians and Babylonians
Babylonians and Assyrians
Hittites and Akkadians
20
What are the years before the birth of Jesus known as?
B.C.
A.D.
A.C/D.C.
C.E.
21
Which date would go last (farthest right) on a timeline?
25 B.C.
A.D. 2018
1589 B.C.
A.D. 712
22
Who is believed to bring good harvests and floods in Mesopotamia?
gods
scribes
pharaohs
slaves
23
Which of the following is NOT a primary source?
textbook
treaty
letter
diary
24
What did Narmer wear to show he ruled both Lower and Upper Egypt?
a red, white, and black triple crown
a single white crown
a single red crown
a red and white double crown
25
What is a part or imprint of something that was once alive?
weapon
tool
artifact
fossil
26
What was the focus of the Code of Haummurabi?
farming techniques
historical records
laws and punishments
list of conquests
27
Which of the following did the Egyptians do with deceased bodies to prepare them for burial?
Embalm them
Cremate them
Place them in the Nile River
Mummify them
28
Which of the following did not protect the Egyptians?
pyramids
deserts
cataracts
seas
29
What is the Wedge shaped writing of the Sumerians called?
Hieroglyphics
Pictographs
Cuneiform
English
30
Which pharaoh was known as a great warrior and builder?
Hatshepsut
Thutmose III
Tutankhamen
Ramses II
31
Why were early humans forced to migrate?
the weather got hotter
lack of adequate housing
lack of food
the weather got colder
32
What is the earliest skill people developed?
Making fire
Spoken language
Making tools
Religion
33
Which hominid was nicknamed Upright Man?
Homo Neanderthalensis
Homo Sapiens
Homo Erectus
Homo Habilis
34
Who created the first civilization in Mesopotamia?
Egyptians
Hittites
Sumerians
Assyrians
35
What is another way to refer to the A.D. dates?
A.L.
C.E.
B.C.
B.C.E.
36
Whose skeletal remains showed us that humans could walk upright 3 million years ago?
Lucy
Homo Sapiens
Homo Erectus
Carl
37
Why were people able to become craftsmen in Mesopotamia?
lack of food = population decrease
food surplus = population decrease
food surplus = more war and famine
food surplus = specialization (division of labor)
38
What type of religion did the Egyptians and Sumerians practice?
Agnostic
Atheist
Polytheiestic
Monotheistic
39
Which hominid group do humans belong to?
Homo Erectus
Homo Sapiens
Homo Habilis
Homo Neanderthalensis
40
Which two things was Sargon able to accomplish during his reign?
created the Code of Hammurabi
focused on charity
Created the first professional army
Created the world's first empire
41
Which of the following is NOT an advancement of the Sumerians?
wooden tools
clock
plow
wheel
42
Mesopotamia is named for which two rivers?
Indus
Nile
Euphrates
Tigris
43
What were the first civilizations near?
Rivers
Seas
Mountains
Deserts
44
Who did the Egyptians blame if disease struck?
The priests
The doctors
The scribes
The pharaoh
45
Which date would go first (farthest left) on a timeline?
A.D. 2018
1589 B.C.
25 B.C.
A.D. 712
