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Ancient Civilizations Chapters 1-4
Test Description: All of the information we learned from Early Humans to Ancient Egypt.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The study of the past
A
Cartography
B
Archaeology
C
History
D
Engineering
2) Objects created by humans and studied by archaeologists and historians.
A
maps
B
artifacts
C
secondary sources
D
fossils
3) Which of the following would a historian be least interested in?
A
The customs of a group of people.
B
The knowledge of a group of people
C
The bones of a group of people
D
The beliefs of a group of people
4) What is the difference between a primary source and an artifact?
A
Primary sources are made by people; artifacts are made by machines
B
Primary sources are studied by archaeologists;artifacts are studied by historians
C
Primary sources are written sources; artifacts are objects
D
Primary sources are studied by historians; artifacts are not
5) The essential resources used by early peoples were
A
Copper, gold, and fertile land
B
Water, copper, and animals
C
Iron, copper, and water
D
Water, animals, and fertile land
6) What was important about Donald Johanson’s discovery of Lucy in 1974?
A
It proved the hominids used tools
B
It pointed to a hominid’s ability to walk upright
C
It was the first discovery of ancient bones
D
It proved that hominids lived in East Africa 5,000 years ago.
7) The development of _______________________, or farming, changed human society forever.
A
Irrigation
B
the wheel
C
agriculture
D
canals
8) After the Middle Stone Age came the _______________________ Era, or New Stone Age.
A
Paleolithic
B
Mesolithic
C
Mesozoic
D
Neolithic
9) The rivers that enclose the land known as Mesopotamia
A
Tigris and Euphrates
B
Mississippi and Ohio
C
Congo and Nile
D
Nile and Euphrates
10) The Sumerians developed ____________________________, the world’s first system of writing.
A
hieroglyphics
B
Greek alphabet
C
Sumerialphabet
D
cunieform
11) The worship of many gods.
A
monotheism
B
Judiasm
C
polytheism
D
buddhism
12) Which is the best explanation for why Mesopotamiand built canals?
A
to control the river's flow
B
to transport goods down the Nile
C
to control the droughts
D
to control the flood
13) What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle?
A
Fire and chariots
B
battleships and chariots
C
iron weapons and chartios
D
copper and bronze weapons
14) The resource for which Phoenicia was well known was
A
iron ore
B
Silt
C
Gold
D
Cedar wood
15) Who was Menes and why was he so important to Egypt?
A
Built famous pyramids
B
Built famous temples
C
Invaded Kush
D
Unified Upper and Lower Egypt
16) Who were the pyramids of Giza created for in Egypt?
A
Khafre
B
Menes
C
Tut
D
Khufu
17) Which social class is the largest in Egypt
A
Slaves/Farmers
B
Nobles
C
Scribes
D
Pharoahs
18) Which pharaoh defeated other invaders without going to war?
A
Menes
B
Tut
C
Hatshepsut
D
Khafre
19) What is the significance of the Rosetta Stone?
A
It was a meeting place for historians
B
It was used in battle
C
Helped to decode hieroglyhpics
D
It was the King's resting place
20) Why is King Tut important to archaeologists today?
A
His tomb was raided the most
B
His tomb was the biggest
C
His tomb was haunted and his ghost gave clues to historians.
D
His tomb was the most intact which gave clues to burial practices
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