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Unit One Review!

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the early people do to survive?

a)

Hunting and farming

b)

Mining and gathering

c)

Hunting and gathering

d)

Fishing and BBQing

2.

The first type of writing was known as

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Cursive

d)

Print

3.

How did early farming communities succeed?

a)

They worked together, each person specialized in a role

b)

They prayed to the gods for good rain and crops

c)

They only grew enough for their families

d)

They lived in deserts

4.

Early communities grew larger because of:

a)

A need for shelter

b)

Better hunting techniques

c)

Development of religion

d)

A surplus of food supplies

5.

Why did people begin farming in the Fertile Crescent?

a)

Mountains were nearby

b)

The soil was rich

c)

Large forests were available

d)

Droughts were frequent

6.

Most of our information about the early history of Israel comes from the:

a)

Ten Commandments

b)

Code of Hammurabi

c)

Hebrew Bible

d)

Assyrian library

7.

Sumerian belief in many gods or goddesses is called

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Typotheism

d)

Neothesim

8.

Independent cities with their own armies and rulers are

a)

Empire

b)

City-state

c)

Village

d)

Towns

9.

Domesticate means to

a)

adapt and to raise wild plans and animals

b)

create canals and dams

c)

grow crops near rivers

d)

adapt to the environment

10.

Trading products instead of money was known as

a)

surplus

b)

specializing

c)

stealing

d)

bartering

11.

During the Old Stone Age, people used these materials to make tools

a)

Stone and wood

b)

Bronze and wood

c)

Ice

d)

Rope and wood

12.

Astronomy is the study of

a)

Plants and animals

b)

Agriculture

c)

Stars and planets

d)

People

13.

An archeologist studies

a)

the history of humans

b)

objects humans left behind

c)

the history of plants

d)

languages

14.

An anthropologist studies

a)

the history of humans

b)

objects humans left behind

c)

the history of plants

d)

languages

15.

Which of these are different farming techniques :

a)

Slash and burn

b)

Praying

c)

Terrances

d)

Irrigation

16.

Which of these did the Sumerians invent?

a)

the sailboat

b)

the 12 month calendar

c)

the wagon wheel

d)

the fork

17.

An empire is

a)

A place to fish

b)

A place of worship

c)

A city with it's own government

d)

A group of different lands under one ruler

18.

The man who left the city of Ur in Mesopotamia and moved to Canaan was

a)

Jacob

b)

David

c)

Abraham

d)

Ramses

19.

A scribe...

a)

was an official record keeper

b)

typically worked for the king

c)

would go to school, called "edubbas"

d)

use clay to write on tablets

20.

In Sumerian cities, ziggurats had a _________ on top of them

a)

Palace

b)

Temple

c)

Hut

d)

Field

21.

In a Mesopotamian city, what buildings and craftworkers would you see?

a)

Walls

b)

A potter

c)

A ziggurat

d)

Houses of clay

e)

Edubbas "tablet houses"