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BJU History 5 Chapter 1&2

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the written record of what man has done with the time God has given him?

a)

Bible

b)

history

c)

humanism

d)

cutture

2.

What is a large body of people who think of themselves as one and are united under the same general laws?

a)

country

b)

nation

c)

culture

d)

city

3.

What event marks the beginning of human history?

a)

Creation of Adam and Eve

b)

Creation of the World

c)

The Flood

d)

Tower of Bable

4.

A document, account, or object that recalls firsthand an event in history

a)

secondary source

b)

primary source

c)

tertiary source

d)

source

5.

What does A.D. mean?

a)

In the year of our Lord

b)

After Death

c)

Addo Domini

6.

A government run by representatives of the people

a)

democracy

b)

republic

c)

theocracy

d)

constitutional monarchy

7.

What is the only completely accurate record of ancient history?

a)

history books

b)

The Bible

c)

legends

d)

old stories

8.

What is the circumference of the earth?

a)

25,000 miles

b)

8,000 miles

c)

2500 miles

d)

80,000 miles

9.

What is the diameter of the earth?

a)

8,000 miles

b)

80,000 miles

c)

25,000 miles

d)

8 million miles

10.

The system of authority to govern people and punish evil

a)

government

b)

theocracy

c)

civilization

d)

nation

11.

What ancient city did Sir Leonard Wooley excavate?

a)

Chaldea

b)

Ur

c)

Sumer

d)

Byblos

12.

The way of life of a group of people

a)

evolution

b)

superstition

c)

culture

d)

humanism

13.

The southern part of Sumer

a)

Ur

b)

Byblos

c)

Carthage

d)

Chaldea

14.

The type of government whose leaders are born into office and rule until death

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

constitutional monarchy

c)

dictatorship

d)

republic

15.

Supplying land with water

a)

irrigation

b)

navigation

c)

irritation

d)

civiliization

16.

The main occupation of Sumer

a)

farming

b)

herdsmen

c)

shepherds

d)

saliors

17.

A government with a king or queen alongside a more powerful prime minister or members of parliament

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

tribal government

c)

theocracy

d)

constitutional monarchy

18.

The southern part of Sumer

a)

Chaldea

b)

Babylon

c)

Israel

d)

Ur

19.

The most southern Sumerian city

a)

Babylon

b)

UR

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Israel

20.

The imaginary line that runs halfway between the North Pole and South Pole

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

equator

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Arctic Circle

21.

A tall Sumerian temple

a)

tabernacle

b)

Religious temple

c)

ziggurat

d)

Croesus

22.

The first known civilization to develop and use writing

a)

Bedouins

b)

Hittites

c)

Sumerians

d)

Phoenicians

23.

What was the writing system developed by the Sumerians called?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Alphabet

d)

Pictographs

24.

Arab nomads who wander from place to place with their herds and belongings

a)

Bedouins

b)

Hittites

c)

Sumerians

d)

Phoenicians

25.

Some of the earliest known occupants of Asia Minor

a)

Bedouins

b)

Sumerians

c)

Hittites

d)

Phoenicians

26.

The people whose ships connected civilizations of the Middle East through trade

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Sumerians

c)

Hittites

d)

Bedouins

27.

Object from the past with historical interest

a)

artifact

b)

papyrus

c)

dig

d)

ziggurat

28.

Government ruled by a chief

a)

theocracy

b)

tribal

c)

democracy

d)

republic

29.

Plant used for making a paper-like material

a)

papyrus

b)

dates

c)

wheat

d)

barley

30.

Last king of Lydia

a)

Croesus

b)

Caesar

c)

Croker

d)

Captain