Semester 1 Common Assessment Review Game

What marked the beginning of the Neolithic Age?

• the use of metal tools

• the invention of agriculture

• the first wheel being invented

• the Akkadian empire being established

Having more of something than you need is known as a

• scarcity

• supply

• shortage

• surplus

Which is NOT a characteristic of Mesopotamia's location?

• between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• in the Fertile Crescent

• on an island in the Mediterranean

• in the present-day country of Iraq

A city-state is...

• a large territory of several groups ruled by one person or one government

• a city that was like a small, independent country with its own government and laws

• a country that has broken away from another country

• a civilization that stretches over multiple continents

Mesopotamians modified their environment by...

• carving into mountains to create more farmland

• building islands in the nearby lakes

• digging canals and building levees as a part of their irrigation system

• cutting down forests to make room for grazing cattle

Geographic challenges led to the rise of city-states by forcing different villages to __________ to solve the problems they faced.

• cooperate

• wage war against eachother

• separate

• steal from one another

The first writing system was known as...

• Latin

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• the alphabet

A large territory of several groups ruled by one person or government is known as a

• city-state

• superpower

• empire

• country

The Code of Hammurabi consisted of _____ very specific laws.

• 7

• 65

• 180

• 282

Sargon...

• was the leader of the Akkadians

• developed the world's first empire

• developed the world's first permanent army

• these are all characteristics of Sargon