Global 9 pre assessment

What is the best use of the source for a historian?

• To estimate the number of people who worshiped Ninhursag

• To depict warfare in ancient Mesopotamia

• To understand ancient Mesopotamians agriculture

• To make a timeline of Mesopotamian rulers

What is the best title for the diagram?

• Elements of belief systems

• Characteristics of Classical Civilizations

• Benefits of the Counter Reformation

• Changes during the Neolithic Revolution

Which of the following was an effect of the turning point identified in the diagram?

• Paleolithic gatherers gained more power

• Establishment of the first civilizations

• Food supplies became insecure

• Livestock became wild

The images depicted in this frieze reflect the effects of which of the following turning points?

• Founding of Islam

• Neolithic Revolution

• Voyages of Christopher Columbus

• Early belief systems

Identify one effect of the change discussed in the excerpt above.

• Most humans became nomads

• People had more equal rights in their societies

• Life expectancy shortened

• The first civilizations developed

Based on the passage above, identify one advantage of living the way 'Neolithic man' lived.

• More leisure time

• More reliable food sources

• More travel

• Greater knowledge of wild plants

The main purpose of this map is to illustrate the location of

• Overseas trade routes

• Early belief systems

• River valley civilizations

• Burial sites of ancient rulers

Which innovation most contributed to the development of the civilizations depicted in the map?

• Paper

• Irrigation

• The compass

• Gunpowder

Based on the information in this illustration, which statement about the society of ancient Egypt is accurate?

• The women had equal status to the men

• The social structure was hierarchical

• Social mobility was unrestricted

• Soldiers outnumbered farmers

Why did Ancient Egyptians build canals, systems of dikes, and tools like swapes and shadufs?

• Egyptians believed that the god of the Nile needed to be contained within the river's banks

• Egyptian farmers needed to flood their fields because they believed their crops grew best under water

• The Pharaohs wanted water diverted to their royal baths

• The Nile River's water levels were difficult to predict and the water was needed to grow food