STS Chapter 1

Stone Age transpired how many years ago?

• 2.5 Million years ago

• 3.8 Million years ago

• 4.5 Million years ago

• 10 Million years ago

Early humans who lived in small tribes of hunter-gatherers, with no permanent homes are called

• Babylonians

• Sumerians

• Nomads

• Filipinos

This civilization is the "foundation of human civilizations." It began in Mesopotamia, which means "land between two rivers"

• Greek Civilization

• Sumerian Civilization

• Mesopotamian Civilization

• Roman Civilization

Mesopotamia is derived from these Greek words meaning "middle" and "river"

• meso and potam

• fhi and lipins

• kalimera and parakalo

• kala and esee

Mesopotamia is between the rivers:

• Murray river and Salween river

• Pasig river and Angat river

• Nile river and Amazon river

• Tigris river and Euphrates river

Which of the following is NOT considered a city-state of the Sumerians

• Eridu

• Isin

• Nippur

• Kish

• Sapiro

The first TRUE CITY in the world

• Uruk

• Manila

• Kumbar

• Ur

These are temples housed by the Kings of the Sumerian civilization

• Sumeru Akademiya

• Aksharham

• Ziggurat

• Somnath

The irrigation system of Sumerians is called

• Bami

• Schuvee

• Leeves

• Kurzhuk

This is considered to be the GREATEST contribution of the Sumerians

• Cuneiform writing

• Levees

• Sexagesimal system

• Potter's wheel