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World History 8th Ch 1 Test
Contributed by: Hightower
  • 1. early weapon, tool, or other thing made by humans
A) anthropologist
B) nomad
C) artifact
D) fossil
E) archaeologist
  • 2. studies human society
A) archaeologist
B) fossil
C) anthropologist
D) artifact
E) nomad
  • 3. preserved remains of plants and animals
A) nomad
B) archaeologist
C) fossil
D) artifact
E) anthropologist
  • 4. hunts for evidence of human settlements
A) fossil
B) anthropologist
C) artifact
D) archaeologist
E) nomad
  • 5. person who moves from place to place regularly, usually within a group of people
A) anthropologist
B) nomad
C) fossil
D) artifact
E) archaeologist
  • 6. Greek for “land between the rivers”
A) civilization
B) irrigation
C) Mesopotamia
D) cuneiform
E) city-state
  • 7. complex societies that have organized governments, culture, and writing
A) irrigation
B) city-state
C) Mesopotamia
D) cuneiform
E) civilization
  • 8. a method that brings water to crops
A) irrigation
B) cuneiform
C) Mesopotamia
D) civilization
E) city-state
  • 9. has its own government but is not part of any larger unit
A) irrigation
B) city-state
C) cuneiform
D) Mesopotamia
E) civilization
  • 10. a form of writing developed by the people of Sumer
A) civilization
B) cuneiform
C) irrigation
D) Mesopotamia
E) city-state
  • 11. a group of traveling merchants
A) Nebuchadnezzar
B) caravan
C) Nineveh
D) astronomer
E) province
  • 12. the Assyrian Empire’s capital city
A) province
B) astronomer
C) Nineveh
D) Nebuchadnezzar
E) caravan
  • 13. a political district
A) Nebuchadnezzar
B) caravan
C) astronomer
D) Nineveh
E) province
  • 14. Chaldean king
A) Nineveh
B) astronomer
C) Nebuchadnezzar
D) caravan
E) province
  • 15. one who studies the stars and planets
A) caravan
B) Nebuchadnezzar
C) province
D) astronomer
E) Nineveh
  • 16. Historians call the early period of human history the
A) Stone Age.
B) Ancient Age.
C) Iron Age.
D) Bronze Age.
  • 17. The Paleolithic people were able to survive because they used
A) water
B) fire
C) rocks
D) caves
  • 18. One of the most important technologies used by the Paleolithic people was
A) art
B) religion
C) language
D) tools
  • 19. What revolutionary change took place during the Neolithic Age?
A) hunting
B) simple shelters
C) farming
D) toolmaking
  • 20. Which are two well-known Neolithic communities?
A) Mexico and Egypt
B) Jericho and Çatal Hüyük
C) Europe and China
D) Babylon and Uruk
  • 21. Although most Sumerians were farmers, many were skilled ____ who also made metal, cloth, and pottery products.
A) merchants
B) artisans
C) priests
D) slaves
  • 22. The first civilizations arose ____ because the conditions for farming were good.
A) near the sea
B) in river valleys
C) in the desert
D) in the mountains
  • 23. The Sumerians built a temple called a ____ to honor their chief god.
A) Gilgamesh
B) ziggurat
C) cradle
D) scribe
  • 24. The few Sumerians who learned how to write often became ____, holding high positions in society.
A) scribes
B) merchants
C) artisans
D) heads of households
  • 25. The Babylonian king Hammurabi is best known for his
A) law code.
B) scientific inventions.
C) mathematical ideas.
D) writing skills.
  • 26. What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make its army strong?
A) how to ride horses
B) how to make iron stronger
C) how to use bows and arrows
D) how to make chariots
  • 27. The ____ in Babylon are known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
A) wall around the city
B) irrigation system
C) Hanging Gardens
D) king’s palace
  • 28. Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade route between the Mediterranean Sea and the
A) Red Sea.
B) Persian Gulf.
C) Euphrates River.
D) Tigris River.
  • 29. The Chaldeans contributed the ____ to our modern day calendar.
A) weekend
B) seven-day week
C) major holidays
D) twelve-month year
  • 30. Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 B.C.?
A) the Chaldeans
B) the Hittites
C) the Assyrians
D) the Persians
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