7th Grade Social Studies Quarter 1 Post-test

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First name

The term “Mesopotamia” means: ____.

• surrounded by desert
• Middle East
• between the rivers
• Land of Muhammad

How do you view Cleopatra as a leader? Was she good or evil? (4-6 sentences.

What was the purpose of Hammurabi’s Code?

• To regulate religion
• Protected individual rights
• Maintain order in society through severe punishment
• Gave first time violators of the law a warning

Cuneiform, Hieroglyphics, the Phoenician Alphabet are all examples of what?

• Ancient writing systems
• Ancient codes of law
• Ancient religious ceremonies
• Ancient governments

Complex societies that have cities, governments, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system are knows as ____.

• city-state
• Ziggurats
• civilizations
• regions

Pharaohs were viewed by the people as ___.

• everyday people
• samurai
• warriors
• political leaders and gods

Polytheism refers to ____.

• religious belief in one god
• religious belief in more than one god
• religious belief in only male gods
• belief in no gods

What is one similar characteristic of major ancient civilizations?

• They were all near mountains.
• They were all near a major river source.
• They were all polytheistic.
• They all developed into global empires.