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Stone Age to Mesopotamia Vocabulary

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Neolithic mean?

a)

Elephants and Rhinos very very Frightening!

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Pavilion

d)

Igneous Rocks are made from fire!

2.

What does domesticate mean?

a)

Its the newest type of hard rock dude

b)

Its what my dog has done to me

c)

The best flavor of ice cream

d)

Tame an animal or plant for people to use

3.

What does artifact mean?

a)

A sunshine filled day

b)

An object made by a human being, or of cultural interest that can be studied.

c)

Waves in the ocean

d)

Warm wind

4.

B.C. / A.D.

a)

A way to score a tennis match

b)

Before Christ / Anno Domini

c)

A new form of electricity

d)

2 categories of minerals

5.

People who move from place to place looking for food.

a)

Middle Students

b)

A group of performing ninjas

c)

Nomads

d)

The Traveling Wilburys

6.

What is the age called before there was farming?

a)

Paleolithic Age

b)

Neolithic Age

c)

Pax Romana

d)

School of Rock

7.

B.C.E. / C.E.

a)

Before Circus Experience, Circus Experience

b)

Big Cats Extinction, Cats Experience

c)

Big Cites Excite, Cities Exodus

d)

Before Current Era, Current Era

8.

Find the punchline!


I once met a crazed man muttering incoherently about Ancient Mesopotamia,

a)

but I had to stop him, because I didn’t want him to Babylon

b)

OK? Hum?

9.

Why was the fertile crescent also called "Mesopotamia?"

a)

It was shaped like a pear

b)

It means the land between 2 rivers in Greek

c)

It is where moss grows

d)

There are a mess of potatoes growing there.

10.

Why was it better to be a Hunter/Gatherer than a Farmer?

a)

Who said it was better? They didn't have cool tools.

b)

Who said it was better? Women had to abandon babies sometimes!

c)

Who said it was better? You constantly had to move to look for food.

d)

Who said it was better? There wasn't theft because no one owned anything and everyone was equal in the group.

11.

Why was it better to be a Farmer than a Hunter/Gatherer?

a)

Who said it was better to be a farmer? You had to work 12-18 hours a day instead of 2.

b)

Who said it was better to be a farmer? You had to build walls and protect your possessions from being stolen.

c)

Who said it was better to be a farmer? You had to deal with sexual inequality and social classes.

d)

Who said it was better? You got to invent new tools like the plow, and the sailboat and build cities.

12.

What was the Code of Hammurabi

a)

The worlds first laws that we can read.

b)

The first attempt of a government to hold its people accountable for their behavior.

c)

A way to control a complex society. Even if it was unfair.

d)

All the Above.

13.

Why did people build the first cities?

a)

They learned to farm and had to protect their harvest.

b)

They were tired of wandering around and didn't want to work as hard.

c)

They got tired of carrying all those statues on their backs.

d)

They didn't want to have big families.

14.

Because of the surplus of food that

came as a result of the invention of

farming, people were able to have jobs

like crafters, government workers, and

religious leaders. This idea is called

a division of _______.

a)

Labor

b)

Land

c)

capitol

d)

frogs

15.

What was one of their inventions that allowed them to transport heavy items on land?

a)

Sailboat

b)

The wheel

c)

Hoverboard

d)

Helicopter

16.

The Sumerians practiced a belief

in more than one God. What is this

called?

a)

Herpetology

b)

Psychophysiology

c)

Monotheism

d)

Polytheism

17.

The division of society by rank or

class is called ________.

a)

Hector Zeroni

b)

Social inequality

c)

Social Equality

d)

Social Justice