Prehistory and The Bronze Age

The area known as “Mesopotamia” is found between the rivers

• Nile and Congo

• Danube and Rhine

• Yellow and Yangtze

• Tigris and Euphrates.

The Code of Hammurabi in Babylonia was intended to

• Free slaves from oppression.

• Give all people voting rights.

• Let all people know all the laws

• Allow commoners to have more rights.

Which of these is an accurate description of a Mesopotamian ziggurat?

• a burial place for emperors

• a religious temple and civic center

• a ship with triangular sails

• a weapon used to destroy walls

"If a man has stolen an ox, sheep, or pig, or a boat that belonged to a temple or palace, he shall repay thirty times its cost. If it belonged to a private citizen, he shall repay ten times. If he cannot pay, he shall be put to death."

The passage above is an excerpt from —

• Justinian’s Code

• Islamic Law

• Hammurabi’s Code

• New Testament

198. If he put out the eye of a freed man, or break the bone of a freed man, he shall pay one gold mina [a fine].

199. If he put out the eye of a man’s slave, or break the bone of a man’s slave, he shall pay one-half of its value.

Based on this excerpt, which of these conditions existed in Babylonia?

• racial discrimination

• religious freedom

• social class inequality

• due process of law

What does prehistoric mean?

• The class you take before you take History.

• The period of time before written records.

• Anything that happened before the year 2000.

• All events from the past.

Which of the following is in correct chronological order?

• 35 BC, 100 AD, 150 BC, 2000 AD

• 3000 BC, 100 BC, 400 AD, 2000 AD

• 2000 BC, 100 AD, 1 AD, 200 BC

• 30 AD, 100 AD, 2000 BC, 2500 BC

Select all the things that relate to the Paleolithic Age.

• Metal Tools

• Hunter-gathering

• Written Language

• Computers

• Discovery of fire

Select all the things that relate to the Neolithic Age.

• The Wheel

• Agriculture

• Stonehenge

• Written Language

• The Printing Press

Which part of the world did human being start from before migrating to the rest of the world?

• Asia

• North America

• Europe

• Africa