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World History Quarter 1 Exam

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a specialized job?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

What did Mesopotamians use to build their houses?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Which of the following is NOT true of the Great Pyramid

a)

An estimated 20,000 workers worked on it.

b)

It took 60 years to build.

c)

King Khufu ordered its construction.

d)

The city of Giza was built to house the workers.

4.

What probably happened in 8,000 BC?

a)

jobs began to specialize

b)

a war broke out

c)

civilizations ended

d)

agriculture began

5.

Which empire created a Royal Road for government purposes?

a)

Babylon

b)

Assyria

c)

Persia

d)

Akkad

6.

Which of the following is true about the Nile River?

a)

has a large delta

b)

floods at different times every year

c)

world’s shortest river

d)

flows from north to south

7.

Who was the first woman to rule as pharaoh?

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Piye

c)

Tutankhamen

d)

Ramses II

8.

Which of the following did early humans use fire for?

a)

heat

b)

protection from animals

c)

irrigation

d)

light

9.

What is Ramses II known for?

a)

being the first woman pharaoh

b)

leading Egyptian to monotheism

c)

uniting Egypt and Kush

d)

creating the first peace treaty

10.

Who is known as the creator of the first empire in world history?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Sargon of Akkad

c)

Ramses II

d)

Abraham

11.

Which of the following did the Egyptians invent?

a)

linen

b)

wheel

c)

plow

d)

number system based on 60

12.

Catal Huyuk ...

a)

was in modern-day Turkey

b)

contained specialized trades

c)

had up to 8,000 inhabitants

d)

all of the above

13.

What did the Maccabees do?

a)

invaded and conquered Egypt, with the help of their iron weapons

b)

invented a number system based on 60

c)

created a Royal Road

d)

revolted against the Syrians and regained Jerusalem

14.

What was the first civilization?

a)

Egypt

b)

Sumer

c)

Assyria

d)

Israelites

15.

What did Nebuchadnezzar II create?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

What's another name for the desert area in Egypt?

a)

Black Land

b)

Red Land

17.

What was developed as a result of people needing to work together?

a)

cuneiform

b)

number system

c)

religion

d)

language

18.

What was the first city to fall for the Israelites in Canaan?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Jericho

c)

Ur

d)

Catal Huyuk

19.

Sumerians developed a number system based on...

a)

20

b)

40

c)

60

d)

80

e)

180

20.

What was a temple built atop a series of increasingly smaller platform?

a)

delta

b)

pyramid

c)

synagogue

d)

ziggurat

21.

Who were people who hunted animals and gathered plants for food?

a)

priest/shamens

b)

mummy

c)

Persians

d)

hunter-gatherer

22.

What is an ancient Egyptian structure, built over or around a tomb?

a)

synagogue

b)

obelisk

c)

shadoof

d)

pyramid

23.

What is triangle-shaped deposit of rich soil near a river’s mouth?

a)

delta

b)

pyramid

c)

synagogue

d)

ziggurat

24.

What is an amount produced in excess of what is needed?

a)

irrigation

b)

cuneiform

c)

surplus

d)

religion

25.

What is the belief in one God?

a)

polytheism

b)

monotheism

c)

domestication

d)

specialization

26.

What is family or group that rules for several generations?

a)

hunter-gatherers

b)

empire

c)

dynasty

d)

civilization

27.

What is to adapt or breed plants or animals for human use?

a)

domesticate

b)

irrigation

c)

specialization

d)

monotheism

28.

What is the belief in many gods and goddesses?

a)

monotheism

b)

polytheism

c)

domestication

d)

specialization

29.

What is the paperlike material made from the stem of a reed?

a)

silt

b)

linen

c)

papyrus

d)

cuneiform

30.

What is fine, fertile soil carried by rivers and deposited on nearby lands?

a)

swell

b)

cataract

c)

papyrus

d)

silt

31.

What is the movement of the Jews to other parts of the world?

a)

Diaspora

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

exile

d)

Royal Road

32.

What are places for Jewish prayer and worship?

a)

ziggurat

b)

synagogue

c)

pyramid

d)

obelisk

33.

What was an advanced form of culture that developed in cities?

a)

specialization

b)

toleration

c)

civilization

d)

covenant

34.

What's another name for the body prepared for burial according to ancient Egyptian practice?

a)

cataract

b)

prophets

c)

scribe

d)

mummy

35.

What is watering dry land by using ditches?

a)

irrigation

b)

specialization

c)

domestication

d)

succession

36.

What is a group of territories and people brought together under one supreme ruler?

a)

dynasty

b)

empire

c)

civilization

d)

monotheism

37.

What was the first know writing system which used wedge-shaped symbols?

a)

ravines

b)

surplus

c)

cuneiform

d)

currents

38.

Migration may have been the result of people following...

a)

gods to worship

b)

plants to harvest

c)

people to fight

d)

animals to hunt

39.

Saul was...

a)

the Israelites first king

b)

the Persian's first king

c)

the Egyptian's first pharaoh

d)

the Egyptian god of ward

40.

Egyptians worshiped...

a)
b)
c)
d)
41.

What was an Egyptian tool to move water?

a)

swell

b)

floodplain

c)

shadoof

d)

satraps

42.

What was an area that a king ruled known as?

a)

synagogue

b)

satraps

c)

province

d)

kingdom

43.

Who was picked by Moses to lead the Israelites into Canaan?

a)

Joshua

b)

Abraham

c)

Saul

d)

David

44.

In Egyptian society, who were at the bottom and worked on public building projects, in mines, or in people’s houses?

a)

scribes

b)

slaves

c)

artisans

d)

farmers

45.

Where were a lot of early art creations found?

a)
b)
c)
d)
46.

Mesopotamia means...

a)

land between two mountains

b)

land between two valleys

c)

land between two rivers

d)

land between two empires