Question 1

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

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Hammurabi

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Nineveh

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Gilgamesh

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Nebuchadnezzar

Question 2

The Sumerian writing system was called what?

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Cuneiform

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Hieroglyphics

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Alphabet

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Cyrillian

Question 3

A mixture of copper and tin is called what?

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bronze

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platinum

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nickel

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brass

Question 4

Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group?

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middle class

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slave class

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upper class

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lower class

Question 5

Who studies artifacts and fossils to help them understand the past?

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archaeologists

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historiographers

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anthropologists

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astronomers

Question 6

Who rebelled against the Assyrians?

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Chaldeans

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Babylonians

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Greeks

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Hittites

Question 7

A group of traveling merchants is called what?

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Caravan

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Nomads

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Fleet

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Gaggle

Question 8

Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth were the

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Ice Ages

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Bronze Age

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Golden Ages

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Iron Age

Question 9

The center of the Chaldean empire

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Babylon

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Jericho

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Cairo

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Fatal Huyuk

Question 10

People who study and write about the human past are called

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historians

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archaeologists

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astronomers

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scribes

Question 11

Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called

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artisans

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priests

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scribes

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nomads

Question 12

The first kings were probably

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war heroes

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farmers

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scribes

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nomads

Question 13

Taming an animal or plant for use by humans is called

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Domestication

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Enslavement

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Encampment

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Entitlement

Question 14

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

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kings and priests

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priests and artisans

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artisans and traders

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traders and merchants

Question 15

What helped ideas spread around the world?

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Trade

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Nomads

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Epics

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Heroes

Question 16

Historians call the early period of human history the

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Stone Age

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Bronze Age

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Gilded Age

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Iron Age

Question 17

The Paleolithic people were able to survive because they used

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fire

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internet

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caves

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water

Question 18

What revolutionary change took place during the Neolithic Age?

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farming

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toolmaking

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hunting

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religion

Question 19

Which are two well-known Neolithic communities?

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Jericho and Catal Huyuk

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Europe and China

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Jericho and Cairo

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Egypt and Mexico

Question 20

The first civilizations were created by what because the conditions for farming were good.

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in river valleys

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in mountains

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in deserts

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on islands

Question 21

A Sumerian temple

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ziggurat

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cradle

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shrine

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church

Question 22

Hammurabi was best known for his

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law code

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scientific inventions

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mathematical ideas

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kindness

Question 23

What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make its army strong?

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how to make stronger iron

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how to make warships

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how to ride horses

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how to make chariots

Question 24

The Chaldeans added what to our modern day calendar?

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7 day week

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weekends

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major holidays

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5 day work week

Question 25

Things made by humans long ago

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artifacts

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caravan

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fossils

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province

Question 26

Old Stone Age

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Paleolithic

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Neolithic

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Nebuchadnezzar

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Mesopotamia

Question 27

Chaldean King who built the Hanging Gardens

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Nebuchadnezzar

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Astronomer

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Nineveh

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Hammurabi

Question 28

Cradle of civilization

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Mesopotamia

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Greece

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England

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Egypt

Question 29

A group of many different lands under one ruler

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empire

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Nineveh

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caravan

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province

Question 30

Building dams, channels, walls, and ditches to bring water to crops

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irrigation

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irritation

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rivers

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sprinklers

Question 31

A group of traveling merchants

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caravan

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corovan

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province

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nomads

Question 32

The Assyrian Empire's capital city

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Nineveh

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Babylon

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Chaldean

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Mesopotamia

Question 33

A Political district

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Province

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Capital

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Empire

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Caravan

Question 34

Chaldean King

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Nebuchadnezzar

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Hammurabi

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King Tut

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Mesopotamia

Question 35

One who studies the stars and planets

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astronomer

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anthropologist

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historian

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archaeologist

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