2024-2025 EXAM PART I – MULTIPLE CHOICE

The study of how people live on, use, and change the earth and its resources is called _____.

• government

• culture

• economy

• geography

Prehistory refers to the time period before _____

• people developed writing

• the birth of Jesus

• agriculture developed

• religion existed

Scientists who dig up and study artifacts are called _____

• archaeologists

• anthropologists

• historians

• geographers

The Neolithic Revolution was characterized by _____

• a focus on hunting and gathering

• a shift to agriculture

• the growth of iron toolmaking

• the rise of empires

The quotation below expresses ideas from the _____. "If a son has struck his father, they shall cut off his hand. If a nobleman has destroyed the eye of a member of the aristocracy, they shall destroy his eye…."

• Ten Commandments

• Twelve Tables

• Code of Hammurabi

• Justinian Code

Why is Mesopotamia called the “Cradle of Civilization”?

• It is located in the Fertile Crescent.

• Their new ideas and inventions inspired later civilizations.

• Its location isolated it from other civilizations.

• The Nile River provided the Sumerians with water and fertile soil.

What was the main purpose for building the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship

• storehouses for reserves of grain

• homes for the pharaohs’ servants

• tombs for pharaohs when they died

The Rosetta Stone was an important discovery because it _____

• provided a complete copy of all ancient Egypt’s rules and laws

• explained how to build a pyramid

• told the entire history of ancient Egypt

• was a key to helping decode hieroglyphics

What can you infer about the ancient Egyptian people based on the diagram?

• Scribes were more respected than merchants.

• There were more people in the upper levels than the lower levels.

• Merchants were more respected than government officials.

• Scribes ranked below craftsmen.

The sacred text of Judaism is/are the _____

• Torah

• Koran

• Bible

• Vedas