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WorksheetsSam History Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify the most famous Mesopotamian poem
a)
Code of George
b)
Code of Gilgamesh
c)
Code of Hammurabi
d)
Code of Points
2.
The Law Code of Hammurabi was one of (choose the best answer):
a)
Forgiveness
b)
Mercy
c)
Money
d)
Retribution
3.
The study of stars and planets:
a)
Astronomy
b)
Astrophysics
c)
Astroturf
d)
Astorology
4.
Which of these are Mesopotamian contributions to Mathematics?
a)
Divison and Multiplication
b)
Addition and Subtraction
c)
Numbers based on 60, 360 degree circle, Place value, concept of 0
d)
Infinity
5.
Sumerian Schools were led by
a)
Parents
b)
School Father
c)
Principal
d)
Teachers
6.
Capital City of Ammorite Empire
a)
Chaldean
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Dasmascus
d)
Babylon
7.
What term is defined as worship of many gods:
a)
Omnitheism
b)
Polytheism
c)
Monotheism
d)
Tritheism
8.
Individuals responsible for recording all legal documents, war histories, daily affairs, stories, and transactions
a)
authors
b)
slaves
c)
scribes
d)
secretaries
9.
What item are the Sumerians NOT responsible for inventing that we still use today?
a)
writing system
b)
potters wheel
c)
irrigation
d)
sails for boats
10.
What is a barter system?
a)
Trading money
b)
Free stuff
c)
A trade without using money
d)
Buying/Selling
11.
Wedged-shaped writing is:
a)
Cruciform
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Hieroglyphics
d)
Indus Script
12.
Mesopotamia means:
a)
Water in the river
b)
Two rivers
c)
Land between the rivers
d)
Land in the mountains
13.
A very large group of people/citizens who share the same language, family history, land area, and culture
a)
Nation
b)
Team
c)
Community
d)
Street
14.
What did the Sumerians use to control flood waters?
a)
Dams
b)
Mountains
c)
Sticks
d)
Levees
15.
A large mound of layered earth which an ancient civilization is contained:
a)
Mountain
b)
Tell
c)
Hill
d)
Mound
16.
Fine fertile soil carried down mountains by streams of water and deposited into rivers that fertilized farming soil during the flood season.
a)
Manure
b)
Fertilizer
c)
Miracle-Gro
d)
Silt
17.
A way of supplying water to crops:
a)
Irrigation
b)
Dusting
c)
Bucket
d)
Immigration
18.
Identify whose descendants settled along the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers:
a)
Shem
b)
Ham
c)
Japheth
d)
Moses
19.
Identify the city where civilization reemerged after the flood of Genesis 6.
a)
Babylon
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Ur
d)
Shinar
20.
What family of 8 members were passengers on the Ark?
a)
Jacob's Family
b)
Adam's Family
c)
Noah's Family
d)
Moses' Family
21.
Physical man-made objects from the past:
a)
Poems
b)
Artifacts
c)
Stories
d)
Tradition
22.
For his sinful actions, Adam blamed who?
a)
Cain and Abel
b)
Eve and God
c)
The Serpent
d)
Himself
23.
The Christian Historians worldview begins with:
a)
The understanding that the earth has a beginning
b)
the understanding that human beings are the result of evolution
c)
the understanding that history is the result of man's actions
d)
the understanding that all things are best understood when one begins with God
24.
Which of the following is NOT a reason we should study ancient history:
a)
To understand that great wealth is the key to both accomplishment and contentment
b)
help us to know how to live in the present and the future
c)
To learn from the mistakes as well as the accomplishments of the people of the past
d)
To provide us with opportunities to praise God
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