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Benchmark Blast: Quarter 1

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does BCE stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

2.

What does CE stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

3.

What does BC stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

4.

What does AD stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

5.

What comes first BCE or CE

a)

BCE

b)

CE

6.

What comes first BC or AD

a)

BC

b)

AD

7.

Which year is the earliest

a)

700 BC

b)

400 BC

c)

750 AD

d)

1000 AD

8.

Which year is the most recent

a)

5000 BCE

b)

200 BCE

c)

400 CE

d)

1300 CE

9.

BCE represents the same era of time as

a)

BC

b)

AD

c)

CE

10.

CE represents the same era of time as

a)

BC

b)

AD

c)

CE

11.

What event did Western historians use to mark Year 1?

a)

the birth of Christ

b)

the death of Christ

c)

the creation of the Earth

d)

the ministry of Muhammad

12.

During the time we consider prehistoric there were no____.

a)

cave paintings

b)

written records

c)

humans

d)

animals

13.

Circa is a Latin term used to ______.

a)

estimate a date

b)

place events in chronological order

c)

show the exact day something happened

14.
Hunter –gatherers were nomadic.  What does this mean? (EK1)
a)
To create written language
b)
To move from place to place and not settle in one place
c)
To worship many gods
d)
They raised animals for human use
15.
Which of the following shows how hunter-gatherers adapted to their natural environment? (EK2)
a)
They migrated according to animal and plant food sources
b)
They found shelter in caves, ditches, or anywhere that would protect them from the environment
c)
They lived in small tribes and were social humans
d)
All of the above represent ways
16.
Which of the following is NOT  an example of hunter-gatherer technologies? (EK3)
a)
Fire
b)
Stone, wood, and bone tools and weapons
c)
Animal skin clothing
d)
Carts
17.
Which of the following best describes how early hunter-gatherers migrated to the Americas? (EK5)
a)
They crossed the Atlantic Ocean in man-made boats
b)
They crossed into the Americas when water levels dropped and exposed a land bridge
c)
Hunter-gatherers never lived in the Americas
d)
They swam across the Atlantic
18.
Why did hunter-gatherers have cave paintings?
a)
Boredom
b)
Communication and expression
c)
For school work
d)
To make money
19.
Due to the surplus of grain, nomads became farmers and began to develop ____.  (Fill in the blank)
a)
money
b)
communities/villages
c)
monuments
d)
skyscrapers
20.
What are two tools created during the Agricultural Revolution?
a)
the plow and the water wheel
b)
the cotton gin and electricity
c)
john deere and silos
d)
stone spears and metal axes
21.
With the surplus of food, people begain to have division of labor,  what does this mean?
a)
do math problems
b)
became smarter
c)
different jobs
22.
Choose the correct example below that demonstrates the term "domestication".
a)
The river flows beside the silo.
b)
The plow is pulled by the ox.
23.
Choose the correct example below that demonstrates the term "irrigation".
a)
The water from the river flows through the canal to water the corn.
b)
The ocean waves roll gently by the hillside.
24.
What is civilization?
a)
Plants and animals of a region
b)
A human community with common characteristics
c)
A large area of land
25.
Almost all humans in the Paleolithic Age _____________.
a)
were hunters and gatherers 
b)
were nomadic
c)
used simple stone tools
d)
all of the above
26.

Which characteristic describes exchanging one item for another item?

a)

Trade

b)

Organized Religion

c)

System of Tribute

d)

Government

27.

1. What did the Neolithic Revolution bring about?

a)

The invention and use of fire

b)

A change in life from sedentary to nomadic

c)

The use of farming to settle civilizations

d)

The use of metal tools to cultivate war

28.

What was one way that farming changed the way people lived?

a)

People were no longer nomads and lived in settled communities

b)

Life expectancy was decreased due to lack of exercise

c)

They had to move around to new farms yearly

d)

People developed medicine using the crops they cultivated

29.

Which of the following best describes the mergence of social classes in early civilizations?

a)

People were ranked based on their prowess in war

b)

People were ranked based of their family size

c)

People were ranked according to their jobs and economic standing

d)

People were ranked based on their religious beliefs

30.

Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia?

a)

Sargon

b)

Paul

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Gilgamesh

31.
This picture shows an area known as the..
a)
Farming Curve
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
Green C
d)
Fertile Curve
32.
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
a)
the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
b)
the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
c)
the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
d)
the Euphrates and the Tigris
33.
The Sumerian writing system was called
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Hieroglyphs
c)
English
d)
Sargon
34.
Which of the following were members of the upper class?
a)
kings and priests
b)
artisans
c)
merchants and traders
d)
scribes
35.
Which of the following is  NOT true of Hammurabi's code?
a)
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
b)
It was used by many later civilizations as a model
c)
It treated all people the same under the law.
d)
It was carved in stone.
36.
Which of these are Sumerian inventions?
a)
Plow
b)
Wheel
c)
Sailboat
d)
All of them
37.
A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a
a)
scribe.
b)
cradle.
c)
Gilgamesh.
d)
ziggurat.
38.
The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
a)
artisans
b)
scribes
c)
heads of households
d)
merchants
39.
What was the main religion of the Sumerians?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Christianity
c)
Polytheism
d)
Judaism
40.
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
a)
City-State
b)
Country
c)
Village
d)
Culture
41.
Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi 
d)
Sumer
42.
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
43.
The word "Mesopotamia" means
a)
middle of the fertile crescent
b)
land in the middle of the desert 
c)
land between the rivers
d)
land north of the sea
44.
According to the Code of Hammurabi, what does "eye for an eye" mean?
a)
turn the other cheek
b)
hurt others before they have a chance to hurt you
c)
whatever crime someone commits against you, do back to them
d)
treat others as you would want to be treated
45.
Pictographs used _____ for communication.
a)
Words
b)
Pictures
c)
Sticks
d)
Sign Language
46.
Mesopotamia had many different cultures & people. These people created the first city and invented writing. This is why Mesopotamia is known as the _______________.
a)
land between two rivers
b)
cradle of civilization
c)
fertile crescent
d)
land of new civilization
47.

Mesopotamians established this innovation to help with agriculture

a)

Ziggurats

b)

Shrines

c)

City-States

d)

Calendar

48.

What made Mesopotamia so successful?

a)

Trade

b)

Ship building

c)

Crop production

d)

Mining for gems

49.

Even though flooding was dangerous it allowed for the formation of silt which

a)

gave the animals food

b)

made the lumber grow faster

c)

made the soil rich and fertile

d)

made mining easier

50.

Polytheism is

a)

worshiping many gods

b)

worshiping cows

c)

worshiping one deity

d)

worshiping only males

51.

The Epic of Gilgamesh tells us that the gods and goddesses

a)

had long and complicated names

b)

were cold and calculating

c)

had animal heads

d)

were human like with superpowers

52.

What were the levels of the social pyramid of Mesopotamia?

a)

Kings > Priests > Merchants and Scribes > Farmers and Slaves

b)

Kings and Priests > Farmers > Slaves

c)

Priests > Scribes > Soldiers > Slaves

d)

Kings > Merchants > Slaves > Farmers

53.

What system did Mesopotamians develop to overcome flooding?

a)

Irrigation

b)

Seed Plow

c)

Crops

d)

Tigris

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