World History Q1 Exam

Which of the following would describe people who first settled on the Tigris- Euphrates River valley in 7000 B.C. 

• Hunter-Gatherers who depended on their environment for food

• People fleeing an army

• Hunter Gatherers who settled sometimes

• Nomadic tribes

How did Sumerians use the resources in their environment when building their city-states?

• The farmers lived near city borders

• They combined reeds and mud and built cities that were isolated from each other

• They built tall ziggurats to keep people off the scorching ground

• They lived in caves and left cuneiform writings on the walls

How were early farmers different from hunter-gatherers?

• They ate all the grains they collected

• They changed their location frequently 

• They would domesticate animals

• They lived in small groups of 20-30 people

Why were the river valleys influential to the settlement of Egypt and Mesopotamia

• Mild Weather

• They never flooded

• Easy Travel

• Fertile Soil

Latitude lines on a globe run from....

• North to south

• East to West

• West to north

• South to East

Which lines on a globe run in a north and south direction from pole to pole?

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Equator 

• The Arctic Circle

Which is NOT one of the five themes of geogrpahy

• Place

• Human Interaction

• Movement

• Direction

Which group of people would be considered Nomadic?

• Paleolithic 

• Neolithic

• Mesopotamian

• Sumerian

Which word means belief in more then one God?

• Monotheism

• Atheism

• Ziggurat

• Polytheism

What is the first known written story to mankind?

• Cuneiform

• Code of Hammurabi

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• Epic of Narmer