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