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World History Ch 1-3

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

site of the discovery of a 1.8 million year old hominid

a)

Catalhuyuk

b)

ziggurat

c)

Uruk

d)

Olduvai Gorge

2.

A skilled Worker

a)

Mr. Schmidt

b)

Artisan

c)

Blacksmith

d)

Carpenter

3.

A king or Queen

a)

Monarch

b)

Oligarch

c)

Dictator

d)

Republic

4.

A massive Stepped tovwer

a)

Pryamid

b)

Temple

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Artifact

5.

a arc of rich soil between the Med Sea and Persian Gulf

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Cunneifrom

c)

Catalhuyuk

d)

Monarch

6.

A neolithic farming village

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Uruk

c)

Olduvai Gorge

d)

Catalhuyuk

7.

Largest city-state in mesopotamia

a)

Uruk

b)

Catalhuyuk

c)

Fertile Crescent

d)

Olduvai Gorge

8.

Where did Homo Sapiens sapiens first appear

a)

North America

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

9.

The inhabitants of what are now Mexico and Central America

a)

Priests

b)

Neanderthals

c)

Sumerians

d)

Mesoamericans

10.

Anthropology is the study of

a)

Underground Insects

b)

tools and weapons

c)

human life and culture

d)

Ancient texts

11.

Which of the following did Sumerians invent

a)

calculus

b)

irragation

c)

sundial

d)

umbrella

12.

What were the basic political units of Sumerian civilization

a)

ziggurats

b)

monarchs

c)

cuneiform

d)

city-states

13.

The geographic feature that isolated China from India

a)

Euphrates river

b)

Ganges

c)

Himalaya

d)

Indus valley

14.

Egyptian Society with the god king at the top was organized like

a)

pyramid

b)

nile river

c)

hieroglyphic script

d)

upper and lower egypt

15.

Ten lost tribes were

a)

scattered Israelites tribes

b)

sea people

c)

ten ancient cities

d)

egyptian traders

16.

Chaldean King who restored Babylon to glory

a)

NUbia

b)

Sargon

c)

Meroe

d)

Nebuchadnezzar

17.

Hammurabi is remembered for what

a)

cutting off his sons hand because his son hit him

b)

establishing a collection of laws for mesopotamian society

c)

teaching the mesopotamians to forge iron

d)

overthrowing the Akkadian empire

18.

The name of Kush while it was still a part of the egyptian empire

a)

Persia

b)

Sargon

c)

Meroe

d)

Nubia

19.

a large political unit usually with a single leader that controls many territories

a)

satrap

b)

dynasty

c)

empire

d)

meroe

20.

The first empire in world history

a)

Sumerian Empire

b)

Babylon Empire

c)

Akkadian Empire

d)

Egyptian Empire

21.

Who was the first Chinese dynasty with recorded history

a)

Zhou

b)

Shang

c)

Song

d)

Ming

22.

Which dynasty was second

a)

Shang

b)

Zhou

c)

Song

d)

Xiay

23.

Egyptian Writing

a)

Cunieform

b)

Siemtic

c)

Cursive

d)

Hieroglyphics

24.

Sun god

a)

Ra

b)

Thoth

c)

Seth

d)

Isis

25.

Mumification god

a)

Thoth

b)

Osiris

c)

Anubis

d)

Seth