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1.

A waterfall or rapids in a river

a)

phalanx

b)

cataract

c)

deltas

d)

tsunami

2.

A way of showing the round Earth on a flat map

a)

polis

b)

political map

c)

projection

d)

Socratic method.

3.

an unreasoned emotional judgement about people or events

a)

oracle

b)

fable

c)

saxes

d)

bias

4.

A line of rulers from a family.

a)

dynasty

b)

family

c)

polis

d)

epics

5.

a traditional story story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people or something in a natural world

a)

epic

b)

agora

c)

fable

d)

myth

6.

money and goods used to help people make or do things

a)

projection

b)

capital

c)

barter

d)

supply

7.

A reed plant that grows wild along the Nile river

a)

delta

b)

papyrus

c)

gilgamesh

d)

cataract

8.

A person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment

a)

phalanx

b)

orator

c)

philosophers

d)

exodus

9.

a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess.

a)

church

b)

temple

c)

covenant

d)

oracle

10.

A lack of resource

a)

barter

b)

scarcity

c)

loss

d)

restore

11.

A agreement with God

a)

prayer

b)

agreement

c)

covenant

d)

epic

12.

A decision reached after examining evidence

a)

exodus

b)

cencus

c)

examination

d)

conclusion

13.

A city that governs it self and its surrounding territory.

a)

city-state

b)

agora

c)

capital

d)

village

14.

The departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt

a)

exile

b)

exodus

c)

export

d)

departure

15.

What is a group of 10 years called?

a)

decade

b)

century

c)

millennium

d)

era

16.

What is a group of 100 years called?

a)

decade

b)

century

c)

millennium

d)

era

17.

What is a group of 1000 years called?

a)

decade

b)

century

c)

millennium

d)

era

18.

The act of running a business and taking on the risks of that business

a)

scarcity

b)

Trade

c)

capital

d)

entrepreneurship

19.

Firsthand evidence of an event in history

a)

era

b)

primary source

c)

epic

d)

history

20.

A writing system made up of a combination of pictures sound and symbols

a)

sign language

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

paintings

d)

cuneiform

21.

philosophical method of questioning to gain truth

a)

polis

b)

Alexanders Method

c)

Solipsist

d)

Socratic method

22.

Imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the equator

a)

map

b)

longitude

c)

latitude

d)

core

23.

A gathering place marketplace in ancient Greece

a)

agora

b)

oracle

c)

shrine

d)

phalnax

24.

The amount of good or service that a producer wants to sell

a)

stock

b)

supplement

c)

capital

d)

supply

25.

Writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedged-shaped marks made in soft clay.

a)

cuneiform

b)

wool

c)

polis

d)

cloth

26.

A belief in 1 God

a)

Catholics

b)

sophism

c)

monotheism

d)

polytheism

27.

Greek teachers of philosophy

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Nobles

c)

Phillip the second

d)

Sophists

28.

A system that supplies dry land with waters though ditches pipes or streams

a)

cataract

b)

irrigation

c)

delta

d)

aqueduct

29.

a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top

a)

oracle

b)

polis

c)

ziggurat

d)

city-state

30.

A Greek city state

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

polis

c)

Egypt

d)

fable

31.

A short story meant to teach a lesson

a)

fable

b)

epic

c)

Iliad

d)

homer

32.

The amount of something a costumer wants to buy.

a)

trade

b)

demand

c)

barter

d)

Checks and balances

33.

A person who studies planets and stars

a)

astronauts

b)

astronomers

c)

scientist

d)

Gilgamesh

34.

A group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland, a new territory

a)

tribe

b)

Papyrus

c)

colony

d)

phoenicians

35.

the time period following the death of Alexander during which Greek culture spread through the known world

a)

Socratic era

b)

Hellenistic era

c)

Iliad era

d)

Homer era

36.

a rule that God wanted the Israelites to follow

a)

Laws

b)

Commandments

c)

covenant

d)

Rules

37.

A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows

a)

phalanx

b)

army

c)

dynasty

d)

sophists

38.

imaginary lines that circle earth from the north pole to the south pole measuring distance east or west of the prime meridian

a)

projection

b)

latitude

c)

map lines

d)

longitude

39.

a fan shaped area of silt near where a river flows into a stream

a)

cataract

b)

stream

c)

delta

d)

river

40.

A area of land covered by body's of water

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

Italy

d)

capital

41.

Something that shows proof or indication that something is true

a)

conclusion

b)

examination

c)

problem

d)

evidence

42.

What is given up such as time or money to buy something

a)

opportunity cost

b)

oral tradition

c)

labor

d)

manual labor

43.

A document written or created after an event

a)

history

b)

primary source

c)

secondary source

d)

epic

44.

A system of which each branch of government limits the power of another branch

a)

city-state

b)

checks and balances

c)

law

d)

rules

45.

the custom of passing along stories by speach

a)

fable

b)

epic

c)

oral tradition

d)

written tradition

46.

A man named alexander that feared nothing

a)

alexander

b)

alexander the great

c)

alexander the warrior

d)

alexander the best

47.

The worlds oldest story is Sumer was written more than 4000 years ago it was an epic

a)

the epic of illdad

b)

the epic of Gilgamesh

c)

the epic of oddesy

d)

epic

48.

King of Macedonia and France

a)

Philip ll

b)

philip l

c)

philip lll

d)

philip lV

49.

The land between mountains and Greek

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Italy

c)

egypt

d)

alexander the great

50.

of or relating to citizens relating to the state or government

a)

city-state

b)

peninsula

c)

ziggurat

d)

civilization

51.

a city in the assyrian empire

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Nineveh

c)

Italy

d)

Greek

52.

a general in the Peloponnesian war

a)

jesus

b)

Thucydidues

c)

Jamal Sánchez

d)

alexander the great

53.

a large empire extending into 4 present day countries turkey, syria, iran, and iraq

a)

isreal

b)

judah

c)

assyrians

d)

mesopotamia

54.

a philosopher who was one of Socratic's students

a)

plato

b)

alexander the great

c)

gilgamesh

d)

papyrus

55.

a area or division epically part of a country of the world having definable charteristics but not always fixed boundaries

a)

state

b)

country

c)

region

d)

continent

56.

Why was technology an important source

a)

It helped them create objects to help with games

b)

It helped them create objects to help with daily life stuff

c)

They used it to burry dead bodies

d)

they used it to throw garbage away

57.

What was the calendar developed by the Sumerians based on?

a)

The earth revolving around the sun with 365 days

b)

The sun revolving around the earth with 365 days

c)

The moon with 365 days

d)

the sun with 365 days

58.

Why was the Nile called the life blood of Egypt

a)

they depended on the Nile for bathing eating and drinking

b)

they depended on the Nile for bathing eating technology

c)

they depended on the Nile for bathing technology trading

d)

they depended on the Nile for eating drinking trading

59.

What Nubian kingdom was formed when the stronger villages overtook the weak ones

a)

Nubia

b)

Gilgamesh

c)

Ninava

d)

Napata

60.

According to the Hebrew Bible, who led the Israelites in a series of battles to conquer Canaan

a)

saul

b)

Joshua

c)

mosses

d)

Samuel

61.

Which warrior became the first king of the Israelites

a)

Samuel

b)

Joshua

c)

Saul

d)

Moses

62.

According to the Hebrew bible, Jacobs 12 sons became what

a)

The 12 noble tribes

b)

The 12 tribes of Hebrew

c)

The 12 tribes of Israel

d)

12 tribes of Jacob

63.

What civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece

a)

The Minoans

b)

The Sophists

c)

Israelites

d)

Nineveh

64.

What are the 3 types of columns Greek used.

a)

Doric

b)

Corinthian

c)

Ethic

d)

Ionic

65.

What was the true love of Socratics an Athenian sculptor.

a)

Socratic method

b)

Philosophy

c)

Worship

d)

Oral tradition

66.

What was the most important fact that helped scientists connect the discovery of the skeleton Lucy in Africa to modern humans

a)

the Skelton bones were to real

b)

They knew lucy

c)

they knew where she died and examined

d)

She stood strait up

67.

What kind of economy did Cuba have

a)

Command economy

b)

Demand economy

c)

Supply economy

d)

Bitcoin

68.

What is the highest law in the us

a)

Declaration of independence

b)

Judicial branch

c)

Legislative branch

d)

The constitution

69.

Where do many of the united states key ideas for government come from?

a)

india

b)

cuba

c)

greece

d)

rome

70.

What di historians call the general early period of human history.

a)

the bronze age

b)

The stone age

c)

The golden age

d)

the death age

71.

in 612 bc who did the Chaldeans defeat

a)

Nubians

b)

Israelites

c)

Judeans

d)

Assyrians

72.

Which group of people rebelled against the Assyrians

a)

The Israelites

b)

The Nubians

c)

The Chaldeans

d)

The Judeans

73.

During the summer in Mesopotamia what was going on with the water

a)

There was to many floods

b)

There was little rain

c)

They couldn't rely on water

d)

They got killed by the floods

74.

What book did the Egyptians study to learn about life after death.

a)

The book of life

b)

The book of life and death

c)

The book of the dead

d)

Bible

75.

What did the Egyptians develop while building the pyramids

a)

A calendar

b)

The way the earth revolves around the moon

c)

365 day calendar

d)

12 months

76.

Who was a female ruler who avoided military conquests and expanded Egypt's economy

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Theodora

c)

Cleopatra

d)

Mary

77.

Which ruler united upper and lower Egypt

a)

Menes

b)

Socratic

c)

Homer

d)

Alexander

78.

Who is considered to be the father of history

a)

Iliad

b)

homer

c)

Herodotus

d)

Alexander the great

79.

Who wrote the History of the Persian wars

a)

Herodotus

b)

Homer

c)

Aristotle

d)

Alexander the great

80.

Which Greek poet wrote the Iliad

a)

homer

b)

Alexander the great

c)

Herodotus

d)

Aristotle

81.

What did Sparta use to control its citizens

a)

Police

b)

Guards

c)

inmates

d)

the military

82.

Who wrote the book of politics

a)

Homer

b)

Aristotle

c)

Herodotus

d)

Presidents

83.

What is a mixture of copper and tin

a)

bronze

b)

silver

c)

gold

d)

palatium

84.

Who ran the Greek city states

a)

government

b)

nobles

c)

Contusion

d)

The military

85.

What does the word Philosophy mean

a)

Love of life

b)

Love of smart

c)

Love of wisdom

d)

Love of death

86.

What were spartan women trained in

a)

cooking

b)

Wrestling

c)

running

d)

Javelin

87.

Who was the king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt

a)

King alexander

b)

King solomon

c)

King tut

d)

King ahmose

88.

The ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to publish books describe advances in what

a)

acupuncture

b)

shots

c)

medicine

d)

surgery

89.

Which part of Babylon was known as one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world

a)

Great stone

b)

Great pyramid of Gisa

c)

Great wall of china

d)

The hanging gardens

90.

What is the study of human culture and how it develops over time called what

a)

Socratic method

b)

Archeology

c)

geology

d)

biology

91.

What type of government was in Egypt after 3100 bc

a)

oral government

b)

polis

c)

holiday

d)

a dynasty

92.

Why did king Solomon tax his people heavily

a)

To be the richest ruler

b)

To have a ton of riches

c)

To build his projects

d)

To build a wall

93.

Some early calendars developed by the Chinese Egyptians and Hebrews

a)

cycles of the moon

b)

cycles of the earth

c)

calendar

d)

time

94.

Which Jewish holiday is celebrated with a Seder

a)

Hanukah

b)

Christmas

c)

passover

d)

Labor day

95.

What did the Judeans become known as during their long exile

a)

jews

b)

Christians

c)

Catholics

d)

Israelites

96.

Because the farming conditions were good where did the first civilizations go

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Assyria

c)

Judah

d)

Israel

97.

What was one of the most important technologies used by the Paleolithic period

a)

Spoken Language

b)

written language

c)

Multiple Languages

d)

sans script

Social studies final

Total questions: 97

Worksheet time: 50mins

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