WH Prologue Unit Test: Prehistory to Empires

Which of the following was NOT an advancement made by early prehistoric hominids?

• Fire

• Clothing

• Weapons

• Agriculture

Early hominids became hunters and gatherers, and they were _____________, which meant that they moved from place to place.

• Agricultural

• Gypsies

• Nomadic

• Outlaws

Early domestication of plants and animals in Mesopotamia signified the beginning of the ______________ Revolution.

• French

• Neolithic

• Paleolithic

• Industrial

Check all that apply to civilizations after the Neolithic Revolution:

• There were no rules or leaders in the communities, other than men being heads of their household.

• Domesticated animals

• Crops grown for food

• Hunting and gathering were the predominant way of survival

• People never stayed in one place very long.

The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, where civilization first began.

• The Sahara Desert

• Central America

• The Fertile Crescent

• The Nile River Delta

Ancient Egypt was split between the Upper Kingdom in the South, and the Lower Kingdom in the North. Why are they named in this way?

• The Upper Kingdom is more powerful and therefor the "upper" of the two.

• The elevation of the Lower Kingdom is far below that of the Upper.

• The Upper Kingdom came first.

• The Upper Kingdom is located on the "upper" Nile River, and the Lower is located on the "lower" Nile River.

Conquered the Akkadians; Led the Babylonian Empire; Created a harsh/strict code of laws for his empire.

• Tutankhamen

• Hammurabi

• Soloman

• Alexander the Great

Religion practiced by the early Persian Empire

• Islam

• Zoroastrianism

• Hinduism

• Ancestor Worship

Mediterranean Civilization responsible for the first known alphabet.

• Greeks

• Israelites

• Atlantians

• Phoenicians

Mediterranean Civilization that was enslaved under the Egyptians, escaped with Moses, thrived under David and Solomon, and were divided and conquered by Babylon.

• Israelites

• Germans

• Muslims

• Christians