REVIEW FIRST TERM SOCIALS 10TH

What people put an end to the rule of the Assyrians and the Babylonians?

• Greeks

• Chinese

• Persians

• Egyptians

• Romans

What form of government was first used by the Sumerians?

• A monarchy with a king who ruled a city-state

• Democracy with each citizen getting vote

• An empire with an emperor ruling the entire land

• They had no government

• A king of the land with satraps governing different áreas

What people were the first to write down and record their system of law?

• Akkadians

• Sumerians

• Babylonians

• Persians

• Egyptians

What river or rivers were important to the civilizations of Mesopotamia?

• Nile River

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

• Mississippi and Ohio Rivers

• Quevedo River

What is History? History helps us understand change and how the society we live in came to be. The second reason history is inescapable as a subject of serious study follows closely on the first.

• TRUE

• FALSE

WHAT ARE THE REASONS TO STUDY HISTORY?

• History identifies who you are.

• History opens your world.

• History lets you understand the diversity of the cultures.

• History stimulates you to be a good citizen.

• ALL THE ABOVE

WHEN WAS AGRICULTURE INVENTED?

• BETWEEN 50 AND 100 YEARS AGO

• BETWEEN 400 AND 1000 YEARS AGO

• BETWEEN 7000 AND 10000 YEARS AGO

• BETWEEN 500 AND 6000 YEARS AGO

Writing appeared in Egypt at around 3200 BC.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Scholars generally agree that the earliest form of writing appeared in...

• INDIA

• INDOAMERICA

• MESOPOTAMIA

• CHINA