WorksheetsUnit 2 Week 1 Lit Anthology Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which item would fit in the category of stationery?
a)
envelopes
b)
chalk
c)
easel
d)
calendar
2.
Which word has the opposite meaning of the word communal?
a)
collective
b)
individual
c)
neighborhood
d)
universal
3.
Which word has almost the same meaning as the word utilize?
a)
examine
b)
reject
c)
explore
d)
use
4.
What does the word derived mean?
a)
made to seem smaller
b)
played again or repeated
c)
traced from a source or origin
d)
caused to move forward by force
5.
Which word has almost the same meaning as the word artifact?
a)
crop
b)
detail
c)
object
d)
roadway
6.
Which word has almost the same meaning as the word inscription?
a)
engraving
b)
foreshadowing
c)
replacement
d)
situation
7.
Which word has almost the same meaning as the word yields?
a)
causes
b)
results
c)
sequence
d)
energy
8.
What does the word millennium mean? f a period of 10 years g a period of 100 years h a period of 1000 years i a period of 10,000 years
a)
a period of 10 years
b)
a period of 100 years
c)
a period of 1,000 years
d)
a period of 10,000 years
9.
What is the main idea of "The Technology of Mesopotamia?
a)
Mesopotamians mastered the technology of irrigation.
b)
The Mesopotamian civilization was developed by later civilizations.
c)
It is nearly impossible for archaeologists to determine when events took place.
d)
Technologies that were born in Mesopotamia thousands of years ago are still used today.
10.
Why did people settle in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
a)
There were many animals.
b)
No other land was available.
c)
They needed the water to survive.
d)
They wanted to build irrigation systems.
11.
Why was writing invented?
a)
to keep accounts and records
b)
to represent sounds
c)
as an art form
d)
to tell stories
12.
What does the Code of Hammurabi tell us?
a)
It gives us a list of laws of Babylonian society.
b)
It gives us stories about life in Babylonian society.
c)
It gives us a list of all those who received punishment in Babylonian society.
d)
It gives us a list of people’s rights, responsibilities, and legal judgments in Babylonian society.
13.
We have inherited all of the following things from the Mesopotamian counting system except
a)
sixty minutes in an hour.
b)
sixty seconds in a minute.
c)
twenty-four hours in a day.
d)
one thousand meters in a kilometer.
14.
The greek root Origo means beginning or source,
where did the Shadoof originate from?
where did the Shadoof originate from?
a)
Middle East
b)
Asia
c)
Mesopotamia and Egypt
d)
Greece
15.
The Greet root Techne means "art" or "craft" and the word logos means "word" or "study"
What does technology mean?
What does technology mean?
a)
artwork
b)
word study
c)
the use of science to perform tasks
16.
Chron means "time"
Chronological order is...
Chronological order is...
a)
events ordered by dates
b)
millennium
c)
clocks
17.
This was an underground tunnel used to transport water discovered by an Assyrian King
a)
burrow
b)
channel
c)
Sargon
d)
aquaduct
18.
Why were aqueducts built above ground in the south?
a)
The earth was angry
b)
The ground in the south was muddy and it collapsed when it was tunneled.
c)
The water was filled with bacteria
d)
The mud was made from clay
19.
Clay tabs were not durable so...
a)
they were thrown in the fire
b)
they broke them with a karate chop
c)
They used paper
d)
scribes used stone tablets for important writing
20.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
a)
A list of game codes
b)
A list of people who did terrible things
c)
People's rights and responsibilities
d)
Laws
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