Unit 1 Assessment Grade 6

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Archaeologists study the past by

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examining objects that people have left behind

Front

This hominin group used simple tools used for digging, chopping, and cutting.

Back

Homo habilis: Handy Man

Front

This hominin group created fire for the first time.

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Homo erectus: Upright Man

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This hominin group was the first to live in communities that cared for injured members and had rituals for burials.

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Neanderthal Man

Front

A ziggurat is?

Back

A religious temple

Front

Polytheism

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A belief in many gods

Front

Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

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Each of them had its own ruler and farmland

Front

What technological advances are the Sumerians most celebrated for?

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the wheel and the arch

Front

How did the Sumerians create a stable food supply?

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They created irrigation systems and plows to help grow crops.

Front

Identify the picture and explain its importance to Sumer.

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Cuneiform tablet - written language that helped with record keeping.