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Prehistory & Mesopotamia Test Practice

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sumerian writing is called

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Stylus

c)

Sanskrit

d)

the Phoenician Alphabet

2.

King Ashurbanipal of Assyria is most famous for his great (a)   ?

3.

As a result of Irrigation, what other innovations were made possible?

a)

Permenant Settlement

b)

Domestication

c)

Mud-Brick Making

d)

Agriculture

4.

Agriculture is?

(a)  

5.

The first Monotheistic Religion was?

a)

Ashur

b)

Zimbabwe

c)

Marduk

d)

Zoroastrianism

6.

The Phoenicians power came from?

a)

Coin currency

b)

Trading

c)

Warfare

d)

Code of Laws

e)

Iron Forging

7.

Which Civilization was the most successful and why?

4 lines
8.

Which group of ancient people discovered that an extract from the glands of snails made a purple dye that was desired by the wealthy and was very expensive?

a)

Phonetics

b)

Assyrians

c)

Persians

d)

Hittites

e)

Phoenicians

9.

Ashur was the main god of which civilization?

(a)  

10.

Due to this condition in Mesopotamia and Egypt, irrigation was developed to make the area suitable for agriculture.

a)

The Mongolians kept invading

b)

The land was too mountainous

c)

The soil was arid

d)

Humbaba was guarding the Cedar forest

11.

Which Persian king’s tolerance of other people’s customs won him the respect of those he conquered?

a)

Cambyses II

b)

Zoroaster

c)

Darius II

d)

Cyrus II

12.

Hammurabi’s Code was important because it was the first time that a state’s laws

a)

were set down in writing.

b)

applied to the royal household.

c)

provided prisons for punishment.

d)

imposed taxes on citizens.

13.

How prepared do you believe you are for the test?

a)

I'm confident

b)

Gonna hit the study material like a boxer

c)

There's a test?!!

d)

I should come for extra help

e)

Anna help!

14.

When is extra help being offered?

a)

Today during 1st Period

b)

Today after school

c)

Today during 8th Period

d)

Tomorrow 1st Period

e)

Tomorrow during 4th Period

15.

Nebuchadnezzar was King of what land?

a)

Sumer

b)

Neo Babylon (Chaldeans)

c)

Assyria

d)

Babylon

16.

On which continent did modern humans appear?

a)

Asia

b)

Pangea

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

17.

What geographic feature is the reason, why the first civilizations developed where they did?

(a)  

18.

What are the major civilization contributions of the Sumerians?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

The Alphabet

c)

The Wheel

d)

Ironmaking

e)

Trade Routes

19.

Explain how terrace farming works, where it is used and why is it so useful?

4 lines
20.

The Persian Empire was at the time of its peak, the greatest Empire in the world, what was one of the secrets to its success?

a)

Extensive Trade Routes

b)

Appointed local rulers

c)

Ironworking

d)

Connecting Roads

e)

War Chariots

21.

Hammurabi's famous code was a system for what?

a)

Irrigation

b)

Mythology

c)

Law

d)

Alchemy

e)

Warfare

22.

Gilgamesh's great strength was a result of?

a)

Slaying Humbaba

b)

His mother being a goddess

c)

His father being a god

d)

His mother praying to Shamash

e)

Eating an herb, he found at the bottom of the sea