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The invention of the wheel did what for the Sumerians?
a) Allowed for more freedom of movement
b) made it to where they didn't have to move around anymore
c) made it easier to hunt and gather food
d)

What was the nickname given to Homo Habilis?
a) Upright Man
b) Handy Man
c) Modern Man
d)

What was the nickname given to Homo Sapiens?
a) Handy Man
b) Upright Man
c) Modern Man
d)

What was the nickname given to Homo Erectus?
a) Upright Man
b) Handy Man
c) Modern Man
d)

How did Mesopotamians solve the problem of not being able to get water to their crops?
a) Water Towers
b) Ditches
c) Carrying water from the river to their crops
d) Irrigation Systems

Mesopotamia was located in what modern day country?
a) Iraq
b) Iran
c) Japan
d) Africa

Which of the following is NOT part of an irrigation system?
a) Branch canals
b) Water towers
c) Feeder Canals
d) Gates

Having a stable food supply allowed for:
a) A larger population
b) more people to die
c) More hunting and gathering
d)

Which era created permanent settlements?
a) Paleolithic
b) Neolithic
c)
d)

Which Era was nomadic?
a) Paleolithic
b) Neolithic
c)
d)

What type of source includes textbooks, websites, magazine articles, biographies, things that are written/created AFTER the time period happened
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c)
d)

What type of source includespictures, diary entries, artifacts from a place, things that came DIRECTLY from the time period, interviews, autobiographies
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c)
d)

What term is defined as 'taming animals for human use'?
a) Nomadic
b) Agriculture
c) Domestication
d)

Agriculture is what?
a) Creating buildings
b) Farming
c) Creating Art
d) Taming Animals

Which was NOT a reason the Neolithic Revolution was considered a turning point in history?
a) Farming
b) Permanent Settlements
c) Domestication of Animals
d) Nomadic Lifestyle

What term means having no permanent home?
a) Agriculture
b) Nomadic
c) Irrigation
d) Neolithic

What was the MAIN belief of Hammurabi's Code?
a) An eye for an eye
b) Might Makes right
c) Trial by Jury
d)

Fertile Crescent got its name from:
a) The shape of the land (crescent shaped) and the fertile soil
b) The fertile soil and the moon was over it
c) The shape of the land (crescent shaped) and no one lived there
d) The fertile soil and it was easy to get to

What invention helped to create a more stable food supply?
a) Pulley
b) Plow
c) Cuneiform
d)

What Hominid group are WE (humans today) classified as?
a) Homo Erectus
b) Homo Sapiens Sapiens
c) Homo Habilis
d) Australopithecus

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