WorksheetsUnit 1 - Early Humans and Civilizations Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 10mins
Where did the first cities and civilizations emerge?
along trade routes
along the Mediterranean coast
in fertile river valleys
across the seas in the Americas
How did people in the Old Stone Age (Paleolithic period) find food?
Farming
Hunting and Gathering
Mitosis
Trading for it
How did people in the New Stone Age (Neolithic Age) find food?
farming
hunting and gathering
mitosis
trading for it
Some City-States became powerful and took over other city states forming the first _______ where many people lived under one ruler.
Empires
Fiefdoms
Civilizations
Synods
Eventually this city-State grew to be the most powerful in Mesopotamia due to its location at the shortest point between the Tigris and Euphrates and its leadership under Hammurabi and his law code.
Ur
Uruk
Nineveh
Babylon
In world history, revolutions usually…
are rapid changes in the way people live
are ineffective and do nothing to change they way people live
are slow but monumental changes to the way people live
are quick solutions to a nation’s problems
As cities grew more complex and large, a stronger __________________ was needed to keep order.
Farmers
Buildings
Governments
Armies
How do archaeologists find out about early people?
By interpreting the writings of early peoples
By digging up materials left behind by early peoples
By studying old photography
By going to museums
Most early cuneiform writing was used to...
pass down laws
determine guilt of a lawbreaker
record history
record trade transactions
Where was the most fertile area of the fertile crescent?
Downstream near the delta in Ancient Sumer
Upriver near the source in the Caucasus Mountains
Along the tributaries of the rivers along the floodplain
Where the rivers nearly met together near Babylon
What attracted people to form the first cities?
Pressure by military leaders
Large agricultural surpluses
Signs from the gods
Rivalries between feuding tribes
Early humans used superior ________ to adapt to unfavorable climates and conditions.
Communication
Intelligence
Muscles
Hunting
What words would best describe ancient life along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Solitary, protected, and isolated
Unpredictable, uncertain, and violent
Stable, peaceful, and predictable
Lush, tropical, and resplendent
How would someone from Mesopotamia describe their gods?
Angry and tempermental
Loving and benevolent
Fair and wise
Wacky and silly
Mesopotamian empire of northern warriors
Canaan
Assyria
Babylonia
Persia
Land of Hebrew descendants of Abraham
Canaan
Persia
Babylon
Sumer
Nomadic invaders from the steppes who eventually conquered all of Mesopotamia ruling a vast empire from India to the Mediterranean.
Persia
Babylon
Assyria
Sumer
Important and wealthy central trading center of Mesopotamia
Babylon
Assyria
Sumer
Canaan
Taming wild plants and animals for human usage
Domestication
Stepping
Pacifying
Mind controlling
Vast grasslands where nomadic herders maintained a mobile lifestyle.
Steppes
Nomadlands
Veldts
Savannahs
Time period before written accounts of human activity
Prehistory
Neolithic Age
History
Bronze Age
Why did Sumerians build their buildings with mud-bricks?
It was the sturdiest material available
It was the only material available to them
They didn’t know any other way
It was cool in the hot desert summers
Giant pyramid shaped temples in the middle of Mesopotamian city-states.
Ziggurats
Pyramids
Palaces
Versailles
What is the role of historians in studying the past?
To study materials left behind by ancient peoples and infer their usage
To map migration patterns of ancient peoples using satellite images
To study written accounts and interpret a story from it
To listen for and find signs of intelligent life from other planets
The most important people in early Sumerian civilization were?
Priests
Kings
Scribes
Bubble-stand Owners
Why did the Babylonians build the Ishtar Gate?
To repel likely invaders
To show off their wealth
To project their power
All answers listed
Why was the Agricultural Revolution such an important turning point in human history?
It allowed humans to completely eliminate food shortages
It caused people to abandon permanent settlements for a nomadic lifestyle.
It allowed people to settle and produce enough food to support larger populations.
It caused governments to replace farming as the main source of food.
Which sequence BEST explains path of the Agricultural Revolution contributed to the rise of civilization?
Farming → food surplus → population growth → cities
Population growth → cities → farming → food surplus
Cities → governments → hunting → agriculture
Writing → trade → farming → permanent settlements
Why did many of the world's earliest civilizations develop near major rivers?
Rivers protected civilizations from all foreign invasions.
Rivers provided conditions that supported agriculture, trade, and communication.
Ancient religions prohibited settlement away from rivers.
Rivers prevented different societies from interacting.
Mesopotamia's flat, open landscape had which major consequence for its development?
It encouraged isolation from neighboring civilizations.
It provided fertile farmland but left settlements vulnerable to invasion.
It prevented agriculture from developing.
It created predictable floods that eliminated food shortages.
Why did Babylon's location contribute BOTH to its wealth and its vulnerability?
Its central location encouraged trade but also made it a target to invading armies.
Its mountainous location provided metals but prevented farming.
Its isolation allowed trade while preventing military defense.
Its deserts produced valuable resources but made transportation impossible.
Why did the Assyrians have develop a particularly warlike society?
Their region produced fewer resources, increasing competition for what was available.
Their religion prohibited peaceful trade with neighboring civilizations.
Their agricultural surplus eliminated the need for specialized occupations.
Their isolation prevented them from developing weapons.
How did Mesopotamia's environment influence its religious worldview
Predictable weather encouraged belief in peaceful and loving gods
Unpredictable floods and droughts contributed to belief in powerful and unpredictable gods
Geographic isolation caused Mesopotamians to reject religion entirely
Agricultural abundance caused Mesopotamians to believe humans controlled nature
Why did priests initially become powerful members of Mesopotamian society?
People believed priests could perform rituals necessary to please angry gods.
Priests commanded the largest professional armies.
Priests controlled all foreign trade routes.
People believed priests could permanently prevent flooding and warfare
Why did powerful kings eventually replace priests as the main leaders of Mesopotamian city-states?
Priests became untrustworthy with power
Constant warfare required stronger leaders who could defend cities
Kings come from the powerful merchant class, who made all the money for cities
More farming reduced the importance of religion
Why did writing and written laws become useful as kingdoms expanded?
It spread common rules across conquered peoples across different places
It spread common religions across neighboring peoples.
It spread farming techniques across conquered peoples.
It spread military technology across neighboring peoples.
How did writing contribute to social inequality in Mesopotamia?
The ability to read and write gave educated families specialized power over others
The ability to read and write was a skill given by the gods many didn't possess
The ability to read and write gave soldiers important orders
The ability to read and write gave merchants more control over trade routes
Why did Hammurabi create a uniform written code of laws?
To govern different peoples under common laws
To teach different peoples a common religion
To organize different peoples into military units
To encourage different peoples to become farmers
Why would it be misleading to say Hammurabi's Code treated everyone equally?
Laws applied only to people living in Babylon.
Punishments differed depending on a person's social class.
Laws could only be enforced against conquered peoples.
Punishments differed depending on a person's home city.
What does Hammurabi's Code unequal treatment of different social classes reveal about Mesopotamian society?
Laws reinforced social status and who had the power in society.
It gave people something to hope for, to rise in social rank
Laws gave lower classes greater power than rulers.
Laws gradually eliminated divisions between social classes
Which statement BEST describes justice under Hammurabi's Code?
The law ignored a person's social position.
The law treated each city differently.
The law reflected a person's social position.
The law applied only to wealthy citizens.
Why did ruling a large empire create new problems for ancient kings like Hammurabi?
Conquered peoples had different languages, religions, and customs.
Conquered peoples had similar languages, religions, and customs.
Conquered peoples refused to live outside major cities.
Conquered peoples depended entirely on hunting and gathering.
