Discovering Our Past: Ancient Civilizations

Chapter 1: The First Civilizations

Self-Check Quiz

1
People who study and write about the human past are called _____.
A)teachers
B)fossils
C)anthropologists
D)historians
2
Paleolithic is a term meaning _____.
A)new stone
B)old stone
C)Ice Age
D)new technology
3
_____ is a period known as the New Stone Age.
A)Paleolithic
B)Ice Age
C)Neolithic
D)Jericho
4
Groups of people who move from place to place are called _____.
A)historians
B)anthropologists
C)nomads
D)astronomers
5
Mesopotamian farmers developed a system of __________ to control the flow of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
A)flooding
B)irrigation
C)cuneiform
D)city-states
6
Sumerians developed a number system based on __________, which we still use today.
A)4
B)12
C)60
D)100
7
Around 2340 B.C., Sargon conquered all of Mesopotamia and established the world's first __________.
A)city-state
B)civilization
C)farming village
D)empire
8
The Assyrian army was the first to use __________, which made it a fearsome and mighty force.
A)copper
B)iron
C)tin
D)steel
9
The Assyrian Empire was divided into political districts called __________.
A)provinces
B)city-states
C)states
D)caravans
10
Babylon's location on the major trade route between the Persian Gulf and the __________ helped it become a wealthy city.
A)Red Sea
B)Arabian Sea
C)Mediterranean Sea
D)Atlantic Ocean
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