2023 Study Guide Review

1. What is the purpose of an aqueduct?

• To provide a road for travel and trade from remote areas

• To provide protection around city-staes

• to bring water from remote areas to the cities

• To connect trading routes over water

Sparta is best known for ...

• its military power.

• its ability to create sneaky soldiers

• its education system

• its creationof democracy

Which political system has a king or queen at the head who inherited theposion?

• republic

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy

The earth was mostly ice during the...

• Neolithic Age

• New Stone Age

• Paleolithic Age

• Old Stone Age

Nomadic people had to move because they needed to ...

• stay safe from their enemies.

• find river valleys to start their farms.

• find supplies to build premanent homes.

• follow their food supply.

Where is the Middle East?

• Northern Asia and Western Africa

• Northern Africa and Western Asia

• Northern Europe and Western Asia

• Western Asia and Southern Africa

What makes a region?

• Common culture

• Common language

• Common geographical setting

• Common history

Which of the following is NOT a reason why man settled in river valleys?

• River valleys provided fresh water.

• River valleys provided a water highway or wa y to travel.

• River valleys provided a source of food.

• River valleys provided trading resources.

Why were pyramids built?

• To help the pharaohs get to the After life

• To store the pharaah's belongings

• To serve as a tomb for the pharaoh

• To practice their amazing technological skills

Why were Hammurabi's laws written down?

• so Babylonians would behave better

• so Babylonians knew their laws and punishments

• so Babylonians could learn to read

• so Hammurabi would have pne of the oldest set of laws