Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Jericho | f. | epic | b. | mud brick | g. | artifacts | c. | Hittites | h. | Paleolithic | d. | empire | i. | irrigation | e. | Mesopotamia | j. | Nebuchadnezzar |
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things made by humans long ago
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“Old Stone Age”
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developed a way of making iron strong enough to use for weapons
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a long poem that tells the story of a hero
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a group of many different lands under one ruler
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Chaldean king who built the Hanging Gardens to please his wife
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one of the oldest known cities
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building dams, channels, walls, and ditches to bring water to crops
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“cradle of civilization”
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Sumerian building material
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | astronomers | f. | fossils | b. | Çatal Hüyük | g. | Nineveh | c. | ziggurat | h. | nomads | d. | Assyrians | i. | scribes | e. | Neolithic | j. | Gilgamesh |
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traces of plants or animals preserved in rock
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record keepers who often went on to become government officials
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one of the oldest known cities, in present-day Turkey
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hero of an epic who travels around the world performing great deeds
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site of one of the world’s first libraries
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people who study heavenly bodies
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first large army to use iron weapons
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people who regularly move from place to place
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“New Stone Age”
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grand temple with a shrine at the top, like a giant square wedding cake
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Mesopotamia’s climate was
a. | temperate. | c. | hot and dry. | b. | always cold. | d. | tropical. |
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Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called
a. | priests. | c. | scribes. | b. | artisans. | d. | heroes. |
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Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
a. | Hammurabi | c. | Nebuchadnezzar | b. | Gilgamesh | d. | Nineveh |
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People who study and write about the human past are called
a. | scribes. | c. | astronomers. | b. | historians. | d. | nomads. |
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The Sumerian writing system was called
a. | Sargon. | c. | cuneiform. | b. | Cyrillian. | d. | hieroglyphics. |
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The center of the Chaldean empire was at
a. | Nineveh. | c. | Çatal Hüyük. | b. | Jericho. | d. | Babylon. |
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A mixture of copper and tin is called
a. | brass. | c. | platinum. | b. | amber. | d. | bronze. |
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Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth were
the
a. | Ice Ages. | c. | Stone Ages. | b. | Bronze Age. | d. | Golden Ages. |
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Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group.
a. | lower class | c. | business class | b. | middle class | d. | upper class |
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A group of traveling merchants is called a
a. | fleet. | c. | flotilla. | b. | gaggle. | d. | caravan. |
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____ study artifacts and fossils to help them understand the past.
a. | Astronomers | c. | Historiographers | b. | Anthropologists | d. | Archaeologists |
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The ____ rebelled against the Assyrians.
a. | Babylonians | c. | Sumerians | b. | Chaldeans | d. | Hittites |
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The first kings were probably
a. | scribes. | c. | war heroes. | b. | farmers. | d. | artisans. |
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Which of these are Sumerian inventions?
a. | plow | c. | wheel | b. | sailboat | d. | all of the
above |
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Taming an animal or plant for use by humans is called
a. | enslavement. | c. | domestication. | b. | attachment. | d. | encampment. |
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Which of the following were members of the upper class?
a. | kings and priests | c. | merchants and traders | b. | artisans | d. | scribes |
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Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia?
a. | Paul | c. | Gilgamesh | b. | Sargon | d. | Hammurabi |
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____ helped ideas spread around the world.
a. | Heroes | c. | Epics | b. | Trade | d. | Farming |
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Something that passes to the children when the parent dies is
a. | secondary. | c. | hereditary. | b. | tertiary. | d. | reactionary. |
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These people built a great army to protect their lands from invasion.
a. | Egyptians | c. | Chaldeans | b. | Babylonians | d. | Assyrians |
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Essay
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Why do some historians consider the farming revolution to be the most important
event in human history?
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Describe some of the military accomplishments of the Assyrians.
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What is a civilization?
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What is a class structure?
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