Early Humans and Mesopotamia Unit Test Review

What was typically located near the first developed communities?

• a large bodies of water

• heavy forests

• mountain ranges

What happened as a result of the Agricultural Revolution?

• Increase in population

• Lower death rates

• Higher death rates

The ______________ of early communities kept order and offered protection for citizens.

• landscape

• governments

• architecture

The first complex civilizations developed in what region of Mesopotamia?

• Babylonia

• Sumer

• Persia

Merchants belonged in which Mesopotamian social class?

• upper

• middle

• lower

What is the first known form of writing?

• Sanskrit

• Hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

What is the most famous Mesopotamian tale?

• The Odyssey

• The Iliad

• The Epic of Gilgamesh

Who ruled over the world's first empire?

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

Which type of sources are firsthand pieces of evidence from a given period of time?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

Which type of sources are created by outside observers after an event occurs?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary