World History Unit 1

List something significant that happened in Natufia:

• Crops were first harvested

• Animals were first domesticated

• Permanent shelters were first built

• Nothing significant happened

Trade became very important early in history because it encouraged the exchange of what?

• Goods/Ideas

• Sugar/Spice

• Salt/Vegetables

• Furs/Meats

Who was Hammurabi?

• 6th King of Babylon

• 7th King of Babylon

• 1st King of Babylon

• 16th King of Babylon

Which of these 2 are important rivers in Mesopotamia?

• Tigris/Euphrates

• Tigris/Yellow

• Euphrates/Volga

• Mississippi/ Missouri

What is Cuneiform?

• A form of writing where a wedge shaped stylus was used

• A form of writing where a Quill was used

• A form of writing where a pencil was used

• A form of writing where oil was used as ink

Why was Sargon a significant figure in history?

• Ruler of the Akkadian Empire

• Ruler of the Mongol Empire

• Ruler of the Egyptian Empire

• He was not significant

The birth of Christ is the basis of which calendar?

• Gregorian

• Mayan

• Julian

• Lunisolar

What does the watchmaker analogy state?

• The universe must have been created with intelligent design

• The universe must have been created with unintelligent design

• The universe was created by happenstance

• The universe doesn't actually exist

Explain the meaning of “Prehistory”?

• The time before the invention of writing & record keeping

• The time before humans

• The time when dinosaurs roamed Earth

• The time before what modern Historians consider "real" History

Who did the Egyptians bury in the pyramids?

• Everyone

• No one

• The Pharaohs

• The Caliph