Quest ion 1History is

A.) not important. B.) the study of the past

C.) a lot of made-up stories.

D.) about the future.

L F

Quest ion 2Historians use clues from various

(different) sources

A.) because primary sources are available. B.) because they are lazy.

C.) to learn about the past D.) to get different answers.

L F

Quest ion 3People moved out of Africa because

A.) they were tired of living there. B.) they wanted new neighbors.

C.) they liked cold climates. D.) the earth’s climate changed

L F

Quest ion 4People adapted to new environments by

A.) making clothes and new types of tools B.) going to sleep.

C.) starting wars. D.) doing nothing.

L F

Quest ion 5The rise of agriculture

A.) kept hunter-gatherers busy.

B.) allowed people tosettle in villages

C.) was bad for people. D.) began on the Nile River.

L F

Quest ion 6 Civilization means

A.) destroying crops. B.) being nice to people.

C.) staying the same. D.) an advanced form of culture.

L F

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Quest ion 7People who do jobs requiring a special

skill are called

A.) kings. B.) monarchs.

C.) specialized workers. D.) priests.

L F

Quest ion 8The Mesopotamians developed writing

A.) because they were bored. B.) because they needed to keep track of things they could sell.

C.) as a form of art. D.) so they had a secret code.

L F

Quest ion 9People learning a better way to do something

through inventing or creating is

A.) called technology. B.) art.

C.) social hierarchy. D.) empires.

L F

Quest ion 10In Sumer, the type of government was

A.) none B.) kingdom.

C.) monarchy. D.) city-state

L F

Quest ion 11 The center of the city in Sumer

A.) was the ziggurat. B.) was controlled by priests.

C.) involved irrigation. D.) all of the above.

L F

Quest ion 12Kings, priests, slaves, landowners, farmers

and government officials made up what was called

A.) monarchy. B.) kingdom.

C.) social heirarchy. D.) rural.

L F

Quest ion 13What did Sumerians do to improve their lives?

A.) They developed special knowledge. B.) They invented tools.

C.) They developed cuneiform writing.

D.) All of the above.

L F

Quest ion 14What did the Sumerians NOT invent?

A.) the plow B.) the wheel

C.) the weather vane D.) the calendar

L F

Quest ion 15What does “Mesopotamia” mean in Greek?

A.) the land between rivers B.) the fertile crescent

C.) the middle land D.) none of the above

L F

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