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Mesopotamia Unit Final - BCJHS 7th Grade
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The agricultural revolution in the Neolithic period is the transition from
social classes to no social classes
hunting and gathering to farming
farming to use of metal weapons
lots of government control to none
2
Paleolithic means
New Stone Age
Old Stone Age
Iron Age
Bronze Age
3
Irrigation systems in Mesopotamia diverted water from which two rivers?
Nile and Tigris
Mediterranean Sea
Euphrates and Indus
Tigris and Euphrates
4
Why did people need a scribe to write and record daily events and trade?
Written language didn't make sense
Most people couldn't read or write
none of these
Their handwriting was poor
5
To tame; to bring plants or animals under human control.
nomad
domesticate
cultivate
surplus
6
To prepare and nurture land for raising crops
dowry
domesticate
cultivate
migration
7
Does 2000 B.C. come before or after 330 A.D.?
Before
After
8
How many laws in Hammurabi's Code?
182
242
622
282
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Why is writing important to a civilization?
all of these
aws to be written and uniform
communication in trading and financial transactions;
the creation of literature
10
People within society who are ranked by their job or economic standing.
luxury items
social classes
domesticate
Paleolithic
11
What allowed villages to develop in the Neolithic Age?
more babies
Surplus of food from farming
more warfare with nearby cities
fewer animals available to hunt
12
Put these time four periods in chronological order:
Neolithic, Paleolithic, Bronze and Iron
Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze, Iron
Paleolithic, Iron, Bronze, Neolithic
Bronze, Iron, Paleolithic, Neolithic
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Why was Hammurabi's Code significant?
It was designed to be unfair to common citizens
Leaders didn't need to follow the laws
Everyone knew what the law was
It allowed slaves
14
How did paleolithic humans get their food?
gathering berries and nuts and hunting animals
bronze tools
farming
grinding grains for bread
15
During the time period called the Bronze Age, people first learned to
use stone tools
domesticate animals
farm
heat metal to make more advanced tools and weapons
16
A negative effect of having many people living in cities and towns was
too much noise
spread of disease
too much traffic
people stabbed each other
17
What does C.E. mean?
common era
common elephant
common emperor
common error
18
Neolithic means
New Stone Age
Iron Age
Old Stone Age
Bronze Age
19
How would you write the years covered by first century A.D.?
101 A.D. to 200 A.D.
A.D. 1 to A.D.100
20
An wedge-shaped form of writing on a clay tablet is called
Phoenician alphabet
cuneiform
heiroglyphics
Greek alphabet
21
How many years ago (from today) was 4,000 B.C.?
3,515
5,015
6,015
4,015
22
A stable food supply was important to development of civilization because:
It helps keep order among people
It creates rich and poor people
It creates a food surplus and a division of labor
People no longer ate meat
23
In what ways was domestication of animals was important to neolithic societies?
animal hides or wool
all of these
hard work in the fields
meat
24
Why was the agricultural revolution considered the most important event in human history?
Food surpluses allowed peopel to settle in one place
division of labor
All of the above
development of arts and architecture
25
What did the Sumerians invent?:
written laws
wheel
all of these
writing
26
One positive effect of living in larger groups in cities was
spread of disease
more warfare with nearby cities
Development of the arts and architecture
more people having babies
27
What are two characteristics of a civilization?
Religion and environmental safety
Technology and Government
Arts and hunting
Electricity and computers
28
Development of new technology was important because it led to:
new and better warfare techniques.
government organizing society to complete public projects
all of these
scientific development,
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Irrigation is a system of _________ that provide water to farmland.
buckets
canals
luxury items
pottery
30
Religion is important to a society because
It helped develop new ways or writing
It helps explain how the world works
It helps people specialize in their daily work
It helps divide wealth between the classes
31
Means "land between the rivers" and located in current day Iraq
Egypt
Yellow River
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
32
Swath of land in Iraq where agriculture, urbanization and the first empires began.
Fertile Crescent
Nile Valley
Zagros Mountains
Indus Valley
33
On what did Mesopotamians record their writings?
cave walls
clay tablets
papyrus
stone tablets
34
What phrase indicates that Hammurabi's Code was intended to be fair?
"he may disinherit his son"
"shall pay three times the amount borrowed"
"he will be put to death"
"eye for an eye"
35
Stepped pyramid-shaped temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses
None of these
Pyramid
Ziggurat
Temple
