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Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organizations and individuals who have rights to rule over a group of people.

a)

entrepreneur

b)

government

c)

profit

d)

civics

2.

An account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event.

a)

textbook

b)

primary source

c)

secondary source

d)

world map

3.

The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people.

a)

civics

b)

government

c)

history

d)

culture

4.

The pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.

a)

archaeology

b)

artifacts

c)

climate

d)

weather

5.

Someone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business.

a)

employee

b)

entrepreneur

c)

business

d)

manager

6.

Information gathered by someone who did not take part or witness an event.

a)

interview

b)

secondary source

c)

primary source

d)

artifacts

7.

The study of the past based on what people left behind.

a)

archaeology

b)

civics

c)

government

d)

history

8.

The money a business has left after paying all expenses.

a)

taxes

b)

profit

c)

wealth

d)

trade

9.

The study of citizenship and government.

a)

economics

b)

arcaeology

c)

civics

d)

trade

10.

A system of producing, selling, and buying goods and services.

a)

trade

b)

economy

c)

government

d)

civics

11.

People's wants are unlimited, yet resources are limited. This may lead to a

a)

profit.

b)

mixed economy.

c)

excess wealth.

d)

scarcity.

12.

A dynasty can be defined as

a)

an election of religious leaders.

b)

rulers from the same family.

c)

a group of wealthy landowners.

d)

people who elect their representatives.

13.

A set of laws that citizens are expected to follow is called a

a)

monarchy.

b)

democracy.

c)

constitution.

d)

entrepreneur.

14.

What is the Paleolithic Era?

a)

a time period of meat eaters

b)

when the earliest humans collided with the Ice Age

c)

The Old Stone - a period that lasted from about 2.5 million to 8000 BCE

d)

the practice of determining the age of a fossil

15.

What is the time period before a written language was created?

a)

History

b)

Climate

c)

Prehistory

d)

Environment

16.
How did man get his food during the Paleolithic Age?
a)
Growing crops
b)
Hunting and Gathering
c)
Stealing from others
d)
Scavenging
17.

The era also known as the "New Stone Age".

a)

Mesolithic Era

b)

Neolithic Era

c)

Paleolithic Era

d)

Mesozoic Era

18.

A person who moves from place to place in search of food.

a)

Pull Factors

b)

Nomad

c)

Domestication

d)

Secondary Source

19.

What does domesticate mean?

a)

To tame wild animals and plants.

b)

A person that mostly eats berries and game meats.

c)

A person who studies the past.

d)

The first known group of people that domesticated animals.

20.

What does Mesolithic mean?

a)

Middle Stone Age

b)

Between Stone Age

c)

Mixed Stone Age

d)

Last Stone Age

21.

What is the proper name for people who hunted animals and gathered wild plants, fruits, and nuts to survive?

a)

hunter-gatherers

b)

cavemen

c)

early humans

d)

wanderers

22.

The continent where the FIRST species began was:

a)

Australia

b)

Antarctica

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

23.

What is technology?

a)

Tools and techniques that people use to accomplish things.

b)

iPads and computers

c)

Electronics

d)

Skills and knowledge that people use to waste time

24.

What does specialization mean?

a)

to concentrate on a specific job or duty

b)

to become super special

c)

to be a nomad

d)

to be a hunter gatherer

25.
What is agriculture?
a)
using soil to produce crops of food
b)
using humans to make advanced tools
c)
learning how to use fire
d)
digging up fossils and artifacts
26.
What is irrigation?
a)
the watering of crops
b)
the watering of animals
c)
giving babies all the milk they need
d)
reusing crops for several seasons
27.
What is religion?
a)
a belief in farming
b)
the worship of a god, gods or spirits
c)
sources historians use to figure out the past
d)
a ruler of ancient times
28.
What is a social class?
a)
classes given by elders in early human times
b)
the hierarchy within a family structure
c)
a party given to honor the hunters upon their return
d)
a group of people with similar customs, backgrounds, training, and income
29.
What is surplus?
a)
an ancient healing practice
b)
a process of burning wood for fires
c)
a type of corn eaten by early humans
d)
an amount produced in excess of what is needed - extra
30.

A person skilled at making things by hand

a)

silt

b)

ritual

c)

artisan

31.

a pyramid-shaped temple with a shire on top

a)

ziggurat

b)

irrigtaion

c)

plotheism

32.

religious ceremony

a)

tribute

b)

cuneiform

c)

ritual

33.

an extreme shortage of food

a)

irrigation

b)

silt

c)

famine

34.

a group of different lands and people governed by one ruler

a)

city-state

b)

empire

c)

ziggurat

35.

a belief in many gods and goddesses

a)

ploytheism

b)

tribute

c)

ritual

36.

a self-governing city, often with surrounding lands and villages

a)

ziggurat

b)

empire

c)

city-state

37.

a type of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings

a)

cuneiform

b)

scribe

c)

polytheism

38.

an especially fine and fertile soil

a)

irrigation

b)

tribute

c)

silt

39.

a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper

a)

scribe

b)

cuneiform

c)

empire

40.

when land has the nutrients and water to be able to grow crops

a)

surplus

b)

basin

c)

fertile

d)

shadoof

41.
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
a)
Fertile Crescent
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Plain of Syria
d)
Nile River Delta
42.

What is the system in which people were ranked based on their occupation?

a)

social hierarchy

b)

city-state

c)

monarchy

d)

barter

43.

Large arc of rich and fertile farmland; location of first civilization

a)

Empire

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Fertile Crescent

d)

Ziggurat

44.

Picture symbols that represented objects/words/phrases

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Ziggurat

c)

Irrigation

d)

Pictographs

45.

A System that Divides People into Jobs

a)

Division of Labor

b)

Irrigation

c)

Social Hierarchy

d)

Surplus

46.
What are the names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
a)
Thames and Erie
b)
Tigris and Euphrates
c)
Tangeer and Elephantus
47.

King of the Akkad, who created the first empire in history

a)

Gilgamesh

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Sargon

d)

Sourgoat

48.
Babylonian kind known for his code of law
a)
Hammurabi
b)
Gilgamesh
c)
Sargon
d)
Wasabi
49.
a written set of laws that apply to everyone under a government
a)
code of ethics
b)
cheat codes
c)
code of law
d)
law of the land
50.
Hero of Sumerian legend who was searching for a way to live forever
a)
Gargamel
b)
gargoyle
c)
caramel
d)
Gilgamesh
51.
Modern country where Ancient Mesopotamia is located
a)
Iran
b)
Iraq
c)
Turkey
d)
Syria

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