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Early Humans

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of scientists study human society

a)

Social Scientists

b)

Archeologist

c)

Historian

2.

What do archeologists do?

(a)  

3.

To understand what animals lived where, scientists used..?

a)

Cave art

b)

Bones

c)

Fur

d)

Paw prints

4.

Which species of people knew how to make tools

a)

Homo Erectus (Upright Man)

b)

Homo Sapiens (Wise Man)

c)

Homo Habilis (Handy Man)

d)

Spear Throwers

5.

When finding bones in one area, scientists concluded that homonins lived in...?

(a)  

6.

Long, strong leg bones were a trait that the (a)   had which suited them well for traveling.

7.

Large brains helped (a)   survive, giving them the ability to design better tools.

8.

What invention helped hominin groups kill animals from a distance?

a)

Bow and Arrow

b)

Spear Thrower

c)

Knives

d)

Rock Thrower

9.

Hunting and gathering helped people in the (a)   get their food

10.

The soil in the ___________ was good for crops which led to many early settlements.

a)

Harvest Crescent

b)

Fertile Moon

c)

Harvest Moon

d)

Fertile Crescent

11.

Early people had a stable food supply when farmers began to raise ...?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Tobacco

d)

Coco Beans

12.

Individuals developed a variety of skills when communities produced more to meet their needs by...?

a)

Flooding irrigation systems

b)

Making tools

c)

Dividing up the work

d)

Building walls

13.

Sumerians had city-states. Why did they get this name?

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14.

The increase of populations caused what in the Zagros foothills?

a)

Food Shortages

b)

Flooding

c)

Droughts

15.

To prevent floods in ancient Sumer, they...?

a)

Prayed to the gods

b)

Clogged up irrigation systems

c)

Created a dam next to a lake

d)

Built a levee beside a river

16.

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?

a)

They farmed potatos

b)

They cooperated to keep the water systems working

c)

They protected each other

d)

They wrote laws for each other

17.

The Sumerian belief was that the (a)   was supported by the gods helped strengthen the social order

18.

Who wrote down the laws in Sumerian government?

a)

Scribes

b)

Kings

19.

What types of instruments were used for entertainment?

a)

Drums

b)

Pipes

c)

Lyres

d)

Guitars

e)

Feather Strings

20.

Written records were evidence that was found by archaeologists to show that _________ were not prehistoric...?

a)

The People

b)

Cuniform

c)

Written Records

d)

Cave Paintings

21.

Compared to the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrian empires, what did they have that the Sumerians lacked that made them a civilization and not an empire?

a)

One person ruled several groups

b)

One farmer that provided all crops

c)

One government ruled several groups.

d)

One slave that provided all crops

22.

Collecting tribute from conquered peoples gave the Akkadians the resources to build their...?

(a)  

23.

What did the Assyrians use to bring water to the city?

a)

Aqueducts

b)

Irrigation systems

24.

To protect the city from attacks, Nebuchadnezzer built two _____, some _______, and a _______ around his capital

a)

Walls

b)

Churches

c)

Towers

d)

Moat

e)

Cities

25.

The biggest problem for all four Mesopotamian empires was controlling...?

(a)