Ancient Civilizations 1A Quiz

What does prehistoric mean?

• The class you take before you take History.

• The period of time before written records.

• Anything that happened before the year 2000.

• All events from the past.

Which statement best describes a nomad?

• A. Early hunter gatherers with no permanent home, they had to move to find food.

• B. Early farmers who planted crops in Mesopotamia.

• C. Early man in Babylonia who worshiped gods.

• D. Early man traveling across African desert.

The Neolithic Revolution ( also known as the Agricultural revolution) is often considered a turning point in history because.

• A. city dwellers learned to control fire

• B. societies became more nomadic

• C. nuclear families evolved into extended families

• D. people developed permanent settlements in river valleys because they domesticated plants and animals.

Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I. ______________________________ * Specialized Workers * Written Record Keeping * Advanced Technology * Complex Institutions * Cities

• A. Economic Development in Ancient Egypt

• B. Cultural Diffusion in Mohenjo-Daro

• C. Characteristics of Civilizations

• D. Features of the Old

The major geographic stucture of ancient Egypt used for farming and trade was the

• Euphrates River

• Nile River

• Tigris River

• Indus River

Religions that worship more than one god are called what?

• Polysynthetic

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

• Atheistic

Which is the oldest civilization

• Mesopotamia

• Chinese

• Egyptian

• Indus

These three religions Christianity, Islam and Judaism believe in one God which is known as _____________.

• Ethnic religion

• polytheism

• universalizing religion

• monotheism

What were the benefits of agricultural revolution? (Select ALL)

• More free time to develop writing and art

• Development of civilization

• Technological innovation

• Moving to new areas to survive

• No longer needing to farm all day

Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life in Ancient Mesopotamia but did not treat social classes equally.

• Gilgamesh
• Sargon
• Hammurabi 
• Sumer