AP World History Unit 1 Pre Test

The earliest metal worked systematically by humans was

• copper

• tin

• bronze

• iron

• steel

The term _________ refers to the period before writing

• history

• prehistory

• foundational

• civilization

Most scholars believe that during the __________ social organization was characterized by a rough social equality.

• Industrial Age

• Iron Age

• Neolithic Age

• Paleolithic Age

An early Mesopotamian ruler who believed that the gods had chosen him to “promote the welfare of the people . . . [and] to cause justice to prevail in the land.” Responsible for the first written code of law.

• Hammurabi

• Cuneiform

• Pharaoh

• Sargon of Akkad

Means “the land between the rivers.”

• East Africa

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Sumer

The early Mesopotamian society that built the largest empire

• Foragers

• Phoenecians

• Aryans

• Assyrians

Mesopotamian metalworkers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could produce this metal. Increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing

• iron

• bronze

• copper

• stone

The first people in the world to use wheeled vehicles were the________

• Sumerians

• Assyrians

• Aryans

• HIttites

Horse-drawn chariots were first invented by the _________

• Sumerians

• Assyrians

• Aryans

• Hittites

The first simplified alphabet, containing only twenty-two letters, was created by the __________

• Phonecians

• Sumerians

• Hittites

• Aryans