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Mesopotamia and early humans

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which place invented cuneiform?

a)

Sumer

b)

Babylonia

c)

Akkad

d)

Kish

2.

What is this writing?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

English

c)

Arabic

d)

Spanish

3.

Who started ,"Empire-Mania"?

a)

Sumer

b)

Akkad

c)

Kish

d)

Ur

4.

What was ,"Cave art"?

a)

History of early humans in paint form

b)

Art on a cave duhhhh...

c)

A cave with paint on it

d)

Why are you asking me?

5.

What was irrigation?(select two)

a)

A water system underground which helped grow plants

b)

Used for farming.

c)

I don't know.

d)

It was used in early human times.

6.

What is this?

a)

Plow

b)

Domestication of animals

c)

Goatsssss....

d)

Nomads

7.

What are they using?

a)

Plow

b)

Human abuse....

c)

America

d)

A goat.

8.

What did humans do to warm up food and items?

a)

Mastery of fire

b)

lightning

c)

STUFF!

d)

IDK XD

9.

What are the accomplishments of Mesopotamia(select all that apply)

a)

Plow

b)

Stuff

c)

irrigation

d)

cuneiform

e)
10.

What are the achievements of Early humans?(select all)

a)

mastery of fire

b)

Domestication

c)

Tools made of bone and antlers

d)

Irrigation systems

e)

Cave art

11.

What was the 3 million year old fossils name?

a)

Lucy

b)

Bob

c)

Morgan

d)

Hank

12.

Part A."The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dated back to about 1754 BC (Middle Chronology). It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king,Hammurabi, enacted the code." what was Hammurabi's code?

a)

punishmenting

b)

The first written book of laws

c)

English laws

13.

Part b."if you break a persons arm that is you same class they shall break your Arm" Was Hammurabi's code fair to people on their same rank? (There is two)

a)

Yes, Because they are on your same class and get the same punishment that you did to them.

b)

No, because it could of been by accident

c)
d)

Yes, Because Hammurabi was the king of the Babylonians, Man Babylonia was the land were they told ya.

14.
Who was Hammurabi?
a)
He was a god.
b)
He was a king of the first city of Ur.
c)
He was the king of the Babylonian empire.
d)
He was a Mesopotamian scribe.
15.
Hammurabi did not make laws? True or False
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Whose code had 282 laws?
a)
Samurai's
b)
Zip
c)
Hammurabi's
d)
area
17.
What does the bolded phrase in the sentence mean :  The purpose of the laws was to unify and maintain order. 
a)
keep the peace
b)
punish people
c)
organize people
18.
The earliest period of human history is called the 
a)
Paleolithic age
b)
Neolithic age
c)
Bronze age
d)
African age
19.
In the ________ age, humans settled in small farming villages
a)
Ice
b)
Paleolithic 
c)
Neolithic
d)
Bronze
20.
Which factor had the greatest effect on the movements of early nomadic societies?
a)
Survival needs
b)
Tribal treaties
c)
Mineral deposits
d)
Religious beliefs
21.
______ is a characteristic of a civilization?
a)
Government
b)
Writing
c)
Religion
d)
All of the above
22.
Since people needed fertile soil for farming the first cities emerged in
a)
River valleys
b)
tropical islands
c)
trade routes
d)
the Australian coast
23.

Why did some early societies transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture? (GLE 6.2.2)

a)

technologies resulting from the ability of workers to focus on more specific tasks

b)

Agriculture provided a steadier and more abundant source of food

c)

Societies were able to spare workers to build large temples for religious ceremonies

d)

Central and South Americans shared some cultural traits.