Name: Date: Period Choose the letter of the best answer. 1. What is time before written records? A. History B. Prehistory C.Ammino Dominici D.Classical Culture 2. What are remains, tools, jewelry and other human-made objects? A. History B. Prehistory C.Artifacts D.Classical Culture 3. Who found footprints of hominids in Tanzaniain the 1970's? A. Mary Leakey B. Donald Johanson C.Robert Wooley D.Mike Williams 4. When did the Old Stone Age end? A. 8000 B.C. B. 3500 B.C. C.3000 B.C. D.1000 B.C. 5. What is another name for the Old Stone Age? A. Neolithic B. Paleolithic C.Neaderthals D.Ammino Dominici 6. Which hominid was known as man of skill? A. Homo Habilis B. Homo Erectus C.Homo Sapien D.Cro -Magnon 7. Which hominid was the first to use fire? A. Homo Habilis B. Homo Erectus C.Homo Sapiens D.Neanderthals 8. Which group used advanced spoken language? A. Cro-Magnons B. Neaderthals C.Homo Erectus D.Homo Habilis 9. Which hominid was known as wise man? A. Homo Habilis B. Homo Erectus C.Homo Sapien D.Homo Ammino 10. What is the unique way of life of people? A. Antropology B. Paleontology C.Culture D.Classical Culture 11. Where would you find the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? A. India B. China C.Mesopotamia D.Africa
12. How many people lived in Catal Huyak? A. 1000 B. 25000 C.6000 D.2500 13. Who were people that wandered from place to place in search of food? A. Nomads B. Neaderthals C.Homo Sapiens D.Tribunes 14. Where in Spain was cave art discovered? A. Lascaux B. Altamira C.Zagros D.Cacusus 15. What is cutting trees, grasses, scrubs, and setting them on fire called? A. Training B. Domestication C.Scorched earth D.Stabilizing 16. What is taming of animals called? A. Training B. Domestication C.Obsidian D.Stabilizing 17. Where would you find the Zagros Mountains? A. Northern Syria B. Northern turkey C.Northeastern Iraq D.Northwest India 18. What river in Africa did civilization begin on? A. Nile B. Indus C.Ganges D.Tigris 19. Where was Catal Huyuk found? A. South Central Iraq B. South Central Arabia C.South Central Turkey D.South Central India 20. What is dark volcanic rock that looks like glass called? A. Obsidian B. Quartz C.Diamonds D.Kaaba 21. Which of these was not important for the growth of villages? A. Agriculture B. Economic C.Paleontology D.Water 22. How many characteristics are there to Civilization? A. 3 B. 5 C.7 D.9 23. Who kept the records for early civilizations? A. Homo Habilia B. Scribes C.Nomads D.Tribunes
24. What writing did the Sumerians create? A. Cuneiform B. Sanskrit C.Heirglyphics D.Cyrillic 25. What instrument did Sumerians use to write on clay tablets? A. Stylus B. Finger C.Obsidian D.Papyrus 26. How many people lived in Ur? A. 3000 B. 6000 C.30000 D.40000 27. What was a Sumerian flea-market called? A. Bazaar B. Ziggurat C.Bonanza D.Citadel 28. What is trading goods for goods or services called? A. Capitalism B. Barter C.Bazaar D.Domestication 29. What is the tallest structure in a Sumerian city? A. Ziggurat B. Citadel C.Pyramid D.Mosque 30. Who discovered the city of Ur? A. Leonard Wooley B. Robert Braidwood C.Robert Leonard D.Sandra Leakey 31. What is the area of land that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the coast of Israel called? A. Mesopotamia B. Fertile Crescent C.Babylon 32. What does the word Mesopotamia mean? A. Standing army B. Fertile Crescent C.Land between the rivers 33. What is a rich layer of soil left over by a flood called? A. Loase B. Silt C.Crust 34. What is a government in which the religious leader and the ruler are the same person? A. Democracy B. Theocracy C.Polytheism D.Socialism 35. What is the process of a new idea or product being spread from one culture to another called? A. Cultural Diffusion B. Ostracism C.Inclusion D.Polytheism 36. What is the belief in many gods and goddesses called? A. Monotheism B. Theocracy C.Polytheism D.Taoism
37. Which afterlife did the Sumerians believe in? A. Brahman B. The Land of Guaw C.The Land of Nirvana D.Land of No Return 38. What is the earliest literary work of the Sumerian's? A. Epic of Sargon B. Epic of Gilgamesh C.Epic of Hammurabi D.Epic of Nebuchadnezzer 39. Which of these was not an invention of the Sumerian's? A. Glass B. Wheel C.Sail D.Plow 40. Who was the first empire builder in Sumer? A. Nebuchadnezzer B. Sargon the Great C.Hammurbi D.King Menes 41. Who in Babylon created a code of laws? A. Sargon the Great B. Hammurabi C.Nebuchadnezzer D.King Menes 42. How long is the Nile River? A. 2000 miles B. 3000 miles C.4100 miles D.5500 miles 43. What is a cataract in Egypt? A. Small pyramid B. Small sailboat C.Eye ailment D.A waterfall 44. What is triangular silt rich area of land at the mouth of the Nile River called? A. Delta B. Cataract C.Harbor D.Loess 45. What slowed cultural diffusion in Egypt? A. Education B. Desert C.Mountains D.Floods 46. Who united upper and lower Egypt in 3100 B.C. A. Nebuchadnezzer B. Hammurabi C.Sargon the Great D.King Menes 47. Where was the capitol of King Menes located? A. Memphis B. Cairo C.Alexandria D.Thebes 48. What was the Pharaoh's ka? A. Religious book B. Eternal spirit C.Leadership manifest D.Crown
49. Which of these was the sun god of Egypt? A. Ka B. Isis C.Horus D.Ra 50. What was the writing of the Egyptians called? A. Hieroglyphics B. Cuneiform C.Sanskrit D.Phoenician 51. Which of these was not a period of time in Egypt? A. The Pyramid Kingdom B. The Old Kingdom C.The Middle Kingdom D.The New Kingdom 52. Who were the Asian invadersthat conquered Egypt for a brief time in the Middle Kingdom? A. Hittites B. Hyksos C.Chaldean's D.Babylonians
Answer Sheet 1. B. Prehistory 2. C.Artifacts 3. A. Mary Leakey 4. A. 8000 B.C. 5. B. Paleolithic 6. A. Homo Habilis 7. B. Homo Erectus 8. A. Cro-Magnons 9. C.Homo Sapien 10. C. Culture 11. C. Mesopotamia 12. C. 6000 13. A. Nomads 14. B. Altamira 15. C. Scorched earth 16. B. Domestication 17. C. Northeastern Iraq 18. A. Nile 19. C. South Central Turkey 20. A. Obsidian 21. C. Paleontology 22. B. 5 23. B. Scribes 24. A. Cuneiform 25. A. Stylus 26. C. 30000 27. A. Bazaar 28. B. Barter 29. A. Ziggurat 30. A. Leonard Wooley 31. B. Fertile Crescent 32. C. Land between the rivers 33. B. Silt 34. B. Theocracy 35. A. Cultural Diffusion 36. C. Polytheism 37. D. Land of No Return 38. B. Epic of Gilgamesh 39. A. Glass 40. B. Sargon the Great
41. B. Hammurabi 42. C.4100 miles 43. D. A waterfall 44. A. Delta 45. B. Desert 46. D. King Menes 47. A. Memphis 48. B. Eternal spirit 49. D.Ra 50. A. Hieroglyphics 51. A. The Pyramid Kingdom 52. B. Hyksos
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