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Unit 1 - Prehistory and the Agricultural Revolution

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the name Mesopotamia mean?

a)

Between the mountains

b)

Between the rivers

c)

Between the forests

d)

Between the deserts

2.

Which rivers were located on either side of Mesopotamia?

a)

Nile and Amazon

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Yangtze and Yellow

d)

Mississippi and Missouri

3.

What was the main occupation of the people in Mesopotamia?

a)

Fishing

b)

Hunting

c)

Farming

d)

Mining

4.
What was an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government ?
a)
City-State
b)
Civilization
c)
Social Structure
d)
Ziggurat
5.
What is a complex society with religion, government, learning, division of labor, and a stable food supply?
a)
city-state
b)
colony
c)
civilization
d)
status
6.
Mesopotamia is located in what is present day
a)
Russia
b)
Egypt
c)
Iran
d)
Iraq
7.
Lands controlled by one ruler is called
a)
colony
b)
empire
c)
taxation
d)
village
8.
A scribe is a
a)
writer
b)
ruler
c)
worker
d)
farmer
9.
Which of the following is NOT related to irrigation?
a)
ditches
b)
dams
c)
canals
d)
roads   
10.
Laws that followed the idea of an “eye for an eye” is known as
a)
Code of Laws
b)
Code of Hammurabi
c)
Code of Samurai
d)
Code of Sargon
11.
What is the rich soil left over from flooding?
a)
artisan
b)
silt
c)
scribe
d)
irrigation
12.
What is wedge-shaped letters written on soft clay?    
a)
city-state
b)
scribes
c)
cuneiform
d)
ziggurat
13.
What is a seven story temple built to honor their chief god?
a)
ziggurat
b)
city-state
c)
colony
d)
palace
14.
Who were skilled workers who made metal products, cloth or pottery?
a)
farmers
b)
scribes
c)
kings
d)
artisans
15.
Sumerians worshiped and believed in more than one god.  What is this called?
a)
monotheism
b)
empire
c)
worship
d)
polytheism
16.
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
a)
Hammurabi
b)
Gilgamesh
c)
Nebuchadnezzar
d)
Ninevah
17.
Mesopotamia is called the "cradle of ________." 
a)
Civilization
b)
Dolls
c)
Hammurabi 
18.
The two important cities in Mesopotamia were _______.
a)
Draper and Salt Lake City 
b)
Egypt and London 
c)
Babylon and Ur
19.
The world's first written story was about _______.
a)
Mesopotamia 
b)
Gilgamesh
c)
Hammurabi 
20.

What type of evidence would an archaeologist find most useful?

a)

Secondary Source

b)

Drawing

c)

Artifact

21.

What did prehistoric people use to make tools?

a)

Stone

b)

Animals

c)

Plants

d)

Cars

22.

The Agricultural Revolution was the start of...

a)

Farming

b)

Using Metal

c)

Machines

23.

A strip of land connecting two continents

a)

Land Bridge

b)

Landform

c)

Land

24.

Why it is important to study cave paintings and other art made by early humans.

a)

to understand how early humans viewed the world

b)

to learn how to make cave paintings and beaded jewelry

c)

to determine their selling price in the modern world

d)

to find clues for hidden treasures in the paintings

25.

When animals or people move in groups over time this is called..

a)

Migration

b)

Motivation

c)

Nomads

d)

settlement

26.

What are some reasons why people migrated?

a)

To find food, resources and for a change of climate

b)

To make fires

c)

They were bored

d)

Because there was a surplus of resources (Many resources)

27.

If the animals moved, people had to move with them

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The first humans used fire for (Mark all that apply)

a)

heat and light

b)

cooking

c)

Protection

d)

eat and communicate

29.

Where was the earliest evidence of modern humans found?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

30.

Hunters and Gatherers

a)

They worked together to gather supplies

b)

They worked alone

c)

They worked one day yes and another no to gather food

d)

They only gathered and did not hunt

31.

Prehistoric means...

a)

The era of the first humans

b)

The time before humans began to write

c)

The time after humans began to write

d)

The era of the cave men

32.

What made farming easier for people during the Agricultural Revolution?

a)

making tools

b)

studying plants

c)

building settlements

d)

roaming from place to place

33.

What is another name for the Neolithic Revolution?

a)

Scientific revolution

b)

Agricultural revolution

c)

Industrial revolution

d)

Digital revolution

34.

The most important resource for human survival is ______.

a)

water

b)

mountains

c)

animals

d)

trees

35.

Which of the following are examples of physical geography? Select the THREE correct answers.

a)

forests

b)

oceans

c)

building roads

d)

rivers

e)

planting crops

36.

Planting crops is an example of ________.

a)

physical geography

b)

human geography

c)

resource geography

d)

settlement geography

37.

Which of the following refers to weather conditions and patterns over an extended period of time?

a)

weather

b)

meteorology

c)

climate

d)

hot and humid

38.

Clouds, rain, heat, snow, sunshine, and wind are examples of ________.

a)

weather

b)

climate

c)

agriculture

d)

resources

39.

How did food surpluses affect people during the Agricultural Revolution? Select the THREE correct answers.

a)

People created storage systems for surplus food.

b)

People moved from place to place looking for food surpluses.

c)

People had more food security to to grow their communities.

d)

People needed to stay in one place to be near their storage.

e)

People would have to go hunting, gathering plants, and make temporary houses.


40.

Having more of something than you need is called a _______.

a)

scarcity

b)

artifact

c)

surplus

d)

bonus

41.

Which of the following are examples of life for early nomadic people?

Select the THREE correct answers.

a)

gathering plants, nuts, and berries

b)

growing crops to settle in one place

c)

making simple tools

d)

living in temporary shelters

e)

trading surpluses of crops with other groups