Mr. Grindstaff’s Mesopotamia (29 Questions) Pre-test 8/31/2018 Summative Attachment Sept

Question 1

The ______________ Age marked the beginning of civilizations as we know it.

Accepted Answer

Neolithic

Question 2

Public Works (sewer, water, roads, bridges)?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 3

When did recorded history begin?

Accepted Answer

5500BCE

Question 4

Mesopotamia is a...

Accepted Answer

Region

Question 5

There were ___________ classes in ancient times

Accepted Answer

Social

Question 6

Well-organized governments

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 7

Are “Cities” a trait of civilization?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 8

What does BCE stand for?

Accepted Answer

Before Current Era

Question 9

Mesopotamian farmers had to move to other jobs when the agricultural revolution began.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Art and architecture?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Yes, Yes

Question 11

Look at the image. What is this important means of travel, commonly used in battle?

Accepted Answer

Chariot

Question 12

How about “Complex Religions?”

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 13

Hammurabi punishment was designed to be equal to the crime. What is another saying for that?

Accepted Answer

Eye for an eye

Question 14

Cave paintings?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 15

What is another name for the Mesopotamian region?

Accepted Answer

The Fertile Crescent

Question 16

What other population explosions came about as people left Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Egypt, India, China, Pre-Contact Americas

Question 17

Sumer was located within what region, where the Tigris and Euphrates divide?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 18

Sumerians created coins and what other financial stress for the people?

Accepted Answer

Taxes

Question 19

Writing?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 20

Job Specialization

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 21

Farmers became _____________ rather than gatherers marking the end of the Paleolithic Age.

Accepted Answer

Producers

Question 22

There are how many traits of civilization?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 23

Social Classes?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 24

Are “Fields” a trait of civilization?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 25

This change required job ______________ for other newly found jobs.

Accepted Answer

Specialization

Question 26

When did humans first arrive on Earth?

Accepted Answer

300,000 years ago

Question 27

Chariots were invented by the...

Accepted Answer

Sumerians

Question 28

What was the first set of laws in the Babylonian Times of Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Code of Hammurabi

Question 29

What new jobs were created as a result of the Neolithic-Agricultural Revolution?

Accepted Answer

All of the above, Weaponry design and forging, Metal works, Tax collectors

Mr. Grindstaff’s Mesopotamia (29 Questions) Pre-test 8/31/2018 Summative Attachment Sept

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Mr. Grindstaff’s Mesopotamia (29 Questions) Pre-test 8/31/2018 Summative Attachment Sept

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