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WorksheetsNeolithic/Mesopotamia/Egypt
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
How might the development of spoken language have influenced the religious beliefs of Stone Age people?
Spoken language would have made family groups more suspicious of outsiders.
Spoken language would have allowed religious beliefs to spread more quickly.
Spoken language would have created a new class of religious leaders.
Spoken language would have encouraged humans to create religious cave paintings.
Why are the roots of the Neolithic Revolution traced to the development of farming?
Farming provided more wealth than hunting and gathering.
Farming taught people new skills necessary for planning cities.
Farming allowed people to live in permanent villages year-round.
Farming helped people to develop techniques for making stone tools.
What would be different about modern society if the Neolithic Revolution had not occurred?
The human population would be much more numerous.
All societies would be ruled by monarchs.
People would not live in large towns and cities.
People would not use tools to do work.
How do you know the Sumerian government was both a monarchy and a theocracy?
The king was an absolute ruler as well as a leading religious official.
Traders and merchants, along with the king, were the richest members of society.
Kings were worshipped as gods.
Priests were the absolute rulers of the city-states.
One of the basic features of civilization is
equal rights for women.
fewer social divisions and classes.
increased job specialization.
simpler religious beliefs.
As villages grew into cities, social organization became more complex. People were ranked according to
their religious beliefs.
their jobs.
their political affiliations.
their family lineage.
In what way was the Nile both a benefit and a disadvantage for Egypt?
It provided water and fertility, but also drew water from the surrounding desert, making it less fertile.
It provided water and fertility, but also divided Upper Egypt from Lower Egypt.
It provided water and fertility, but also brought destruction through flooding.
It provided water and fertility, but also prevented Egyptians from reaching the Mediterranean.
Which of the following is a cultural achievement of the Ancient Egyptians?
They developed a monotheistic religion.
They used concrete as a building material.
They developed the first horse-drawn war chariots.
They used hieroglyphics to record information.
Why is Hammurabi's Code a great Babylonian achievement?
It established laws that created peace and stability.
It created a system of roads that unified the empire.
It made people financially responsible for their military.
It listed all of the powers of the rulers of the empire.
What geographic feature of the Fertile Crescent led to the rise of Sumerian civilization?
It was very dry.
It flooded often.
It had hard clay soil.
It had insufficient topsoil.
