WHA Early Humans & Societies Quiz Review

The scientific name for Lucy is...

• Australopithecus afarensis
• Homo habilis
• Homo erectus
• Homo neanderthalensis

This theme of geography involves the shared characteristics of an area(s) that help us categorize and understand different major parts of the world. Like puzzle pieces that create a bigger picture of the world.

• Movement

• Location

• Region

• Place

This factor of a civilization requires the presence of workers with very specific, unique, and intentional positions.

• Job Specialization

• Advanced Cities

• Record Keeping & Writing

• Advanced Technology

The Great Rift Valley is...

• The place where Sumer first began.

• A deep under-sea trench off the coast of New Zealand

• Where Australopithecus Afarensis was discovered by Donald Johanson

• The setting in the epic journey of Gilgamesh

Sumer is credited with creating an ancient writing style that used wedges to push marks into soft clay called...

• Hieroglyphics
• Alphabet
• Cuneiform
• Code of Hammurabi

Historians consider the development of the first homosapien to be the end of pre-history.

• True

• False

One of the oldest discovered law codes is called _______________. It follows a strict "eye for an eye" policy.

• Code of Hammurabi
• Code of Justinian
• Magna Carta
• Code of TikTok

Why was the Agricultural Revolution significant?

• It led to the development of modern farming techniques and permanent settlements

• It resulted in the invention of the internet
• It caused the extinction of dinosaurs
• It showed humans they should continue their hunter-gatherer lifestyles

Mesopotamia is also known as ____________ due to its location between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

• Great Rift Valley

• Sumer

• Mesopotamia

• The Fertile Cresent

Which of the following were invented in Sumer?

• The wheel
• Dunkin' Donuts

• The hammer

• The forge