Unit 9.2 First Civilizations Unit Test

1.  What were the primary occupations of people during the Paleolithic Era?

• a.  Hunters & Gathers
• a.  Toolmakers
• a.  Farmers

1.  What did the Neolithic Revolution bring about?

• a.  Storms
• a.  Drought
• a.  Agriculture

What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals?

• Easy travel

• They kept pets

• Shared most work

• Stable food supply

Geographically, where was Mesopotamia?

• Nile Delta
• Persian Gulf
• Fertile Crescent
• Sahara Desert 

What is irrigation?

• people going to a new country
• animals looking for food
• people getting upset
• moving  water to help with farming

Hammurabi's Code is   ________. 

• a set of laws/rules
• a list of inventions
• an art piece
• a person

The Indus River Valley is found in ___________.

• Mesopotamia
• India
• China
• Egypt

Which civilization created the grid system?

• Mesopotamia
• Indus River 
• Egypt

Which civilization used cuneiform?

• Indus River Valley 
• Egypt
• Mesopotamia

writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay

• writing
• monotheism
• cuneiform
• fertile crescent