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WorksheetsEarly Humans and the Rise of Civilization (Unit 1 Review)
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
Social scientists are scholars who study
animal behavior
dinosaur skeletons
human society
astronomy
Which of these activities would an archaeologist most likely do?
make maps
examine objects
read old newspapers
study Earth's features
People who study the past are most like
artists
builders
detectives
teachers
An object made or used by people in the past is called
an artifact
a document
a ritual
a theory
Why do historians read diaries and letters from the past?
to agree on plans for the future
to compare their ideas of history
to learn to speak an ancient language
to find out what happened and why
What is the evidence that prehistoric cave artists built wood structures (scaffolding) to stand on?
Many trees grew in the area.
The ancient planks are still there.
Pictures of scaffolding have been found.
Some paintings are too high to be reached from the floor.
Which clue to the past has been found near the artwork displayed in parts of caves?
lamps for burning animal fat
maps of the land nearby
masks in the shape of birds
prayer books for ceremonies
Why are ancient handprints found on cave walls very small?
The cave ceilings were very low.
The prints were made by children.
People long ago were not as big as people today.
The smallest members of the group stayed home to paint.
Which question about the past does cave art most help to answer?
What did the people look like?
What animals lived in the area?
Waht language did people speak?
What did geometric shapes mean?
The environment of Sumer was
low and flat, with little rain
hilly and dry, with many stones
thickly forested, with heavy storms
high and cold, with sharp mountain peaks
The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was
between two rivers.
in mountain foothills.
near a region of many conflicts.
at the site of the earliest cities.
Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?
Each of them kept written records.
They were all part of one great empire.
They all depended on each other for water.
Each of them had its own ruler and farmland.
Which fact allowed Neolithic people to farm in the foothills of the Zagros mountains?
Goats can live on dry grass.
The region had plenty of rain.
Shallow canals watered the fields.
Harsh climates are good for grains.
What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?
building terraces
moving to the south
constructing reservoirs
joining villages together.
What was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs?
to allow travel by boat
to make it easier to fish
to store water for later use
to protect villages from attack
Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?
It dried up the rivers.
It crumbled the city walls
It clogged the irrigation canals
It ruined the soil for planting.
Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?
They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains
They cooperated to keep the water system working.
They exchanged different kinds of natural resources.
They had to fight off attaches from empires to the east.
Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with
bricks made of mud.
logs with pointed tips
reeds cut near the rivers
rocks shaped into squares.
The people of Sumer constructed moats to
get crops to grow better.
protect cities from attack.
make villages work together.
bring drinking water into towns.
The Sumerian civilization had a social structure with different social levels and jobs. Ao social structure is
the way a civilization is organized.
how many taxes a king collects from slaves.
the way scribes record social events.
how the government treats the lower classes.
Small, mud brick houses at the edge of the city were the homes of
slaves.
traders.
potters.
famers.
Which of these inventions most affected the food supply of Sumer?
the arch
the plow
the wheel
the chariot
Which Sumerian belief about the king helped strengthen the social order?
He was supported by the gods.
He cared most about the poor.
He consulted with wise advisers
He wanted everyone to be happy.
The building in the picture was most closely related to which of these features of Sumerian civilization
food
writing
religion
government
Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots?
wheel
swords
sledge
horseshoes
Which invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings?
glass
paints
arches
concrete
What evidence found by archaeologists showed that Sumerians were not prehistoric?
ziggurats
city walls
written records
stone statues.
Records of the goods people exchanged were made on
metal coins.
clay tablets.
animal hides.
flattened reeds.
The Sumerians were a civilization but not an empire. What feature did the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires have that the Sumerians lacked?
Rulers claimed to get power from the gods.
One government ruled several groups.
Many beautiful works of art were produced.
Public works such as irrigation were organized.
Which of these leaders of empires came first?
Cyrus
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nebuchandnzzar
The Akkadians used steles to
attack enemy forces
get water for farming
record important events
make objects from metal
Which of these did the Akkadians use to gain power over Sumer?
military strategy
economic wealth
religious teachings
complex technology
For what is Hammurabi best remembered?
a code of laws
a style of battle
a hanging garded
a system of canals
How was the legal system of Babylon more advanced than that of other societies at the time?
It put an end to slavery.
It used mild punishments.
It gave women some rights.
I treated all classes the same.
Which city was the capital of the Assyrian Empire?
Ur
Agad
Babylon
Nineveh
What was the purpose of the Assyrian aqueducts?
to bring water to the city
to raise crops in the dry soil
to let boats pass between rivers
to protect the palace from attack
Why did Nebuchadnezzar build two walls, some towers, and a moat around his capital?
to make farmers stay outside
to protect the city from attacks
to keep his army from revolting
to isolate his people from outsiders
A problem that all four Mesopotamian empires had was difficulty in
choosing strong leaders
trading with other empires
controlling such a large area
keeping track of their history
One way archaeologists learn about early humans is through
cave art.
skeletons.
artifacts.
all of the above
Between 4000 and 1000 B.C.E., many smaller tribes were combined into
larger city-states
small empires
two governments
fallen civilizations
Throughout ancient history, human settlement has depended on
climate.
geography.
physical features.
all of the above.
