Benchmark 1 Review- 6th grade

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What ancient civilization came first? Options: Sumer (pronounced Sue-mer), Babylon, Egypt, Assyria

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Sumer (pronounced Sue-mer)

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What does BCE stand for?

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Before Common Era

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CE stands for ...

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Common Era

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A decade is

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10 years

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A century is

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100 years

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Which of the following happened first?
The development of cities,
The domestication of animals,
Humans started hunting and gathering for food,
Neolithic Revolution

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Humans started hunting and gathering for food

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The word ancient means something that _______________.

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happened long ago

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The Sumerian writing system was called

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cuneiform

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Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

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Hammurabi

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Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops

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irrigation