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Test Description: LT 3 and 4
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1) Even though the Tigris and Euphrates were located in a desert, how was it beneficial to the Sumerians?
A
It allowed them to bathe once a week.
B
It flooded annually bringing silt which was good for the soil, allowing them to farm.
C
It would dry up, allowing them to access the dead for food during the summer.
D
It flooded all year round, allowing them to farm year round.
2) Other than providing rich soil for the Nile River Valley, how did the Nile River increase wealth and resources for the people?
A
It allowed them re-create new villages after flooding had occurred.
B
It allowed them to trade up and down the river to gain profit.
C
It created a barrier between themselves and outside villages.
D
It forced them to stay in one place within the valley since it acted as a natural barrier.
3) How could the Gobi Desert in Ancient China be seen as beneficial?
A
It grew certain vegetation that was needed by the people.
B
It allowed bad people or prisoners to be banished to the area so as not to disrupt the people.
C
It acted as a natural barrier to keep invaders out.
D
It provided yellow silt for fertile land.
4) If the area in the highlands of Mesoamerica was too dry for crops, how could the Mayans have fixed this problem?
A
Use an irrigation system that allowed the water to flow from a water source to the highlands.
B
Use slash and burn farming to grow more crops quickly.
C
Make it illegal for people to live in the highlands of that area.
D
Wait on rain and carry buckets up.
5) How might the belief in Enlil, the Sumerian god help the community thrive or flourish?
A
It helped the upper class justify why they treated the lower class so poorly.
B
It would create a division between the people that believed and people that didnt.
C
It would allow for people to predict the future.
D
It would bring people together with a common belief in a higher power.
6) If an ancient civilization did not have flat land, how could they solve the problem of growing crops?
A
They could use slash and burn farming
B
They could just hunt and not grow to feed their population
C
They could use terrace farming
D
They could blast mountains and hills with dynamite.
7) Which of the following would have made the Yellow River Valley very rich, since it was a natural resource no other civilization had?
A
Copper
B
Silk
C
Papyrus
D
Bronze
8) How did Hammurabi's Code help the Sumerian society?
A
It allowed for the rich and wealthy to get away with crimes they committed.
B
It gave people the chance to harm or hurt others if they felt it was truly necessary.
C
It didnt.
D
It created laws and rules that everyone had to follow, thus creating order in the civilization.
9) Because of the dry land surrounding the area, the Egyptians relied on what river to flood?
A
Yellow River
B
Usamacinta River
C
Indus River
D
Nile River
10) What did the Sumerians create that allowed them to communicate with others through writing?
A
Cuneiform
B
Papyrus
C
365 Day calendar
D
Astronomy
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