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TCAP Review Benchmark Test 1 Mesopotamia Questions 1-35 1 • What event ended prehistoric times and started history? – A. – B. – C. – D. Fire was invented. The wheel was invented. Writing was invented. People began to migrate to other regions. 2 • During the Old Stone Age before early humans knew how to farm, they survived by – A. – B. – C. – D. slashing and burning. stealing food from each other. planting crops on terraces. hunting animals and gathering wild plants. 3 • What event allowed humans to move to cold climates? – A. – B. – C. – D. They invented stone tools and weapons. They invented metal tools. They learned how to create fire. They learned how to make warm clothing. 4 • What started the New Stone Age? – A. – B. – C. – D. People made stone tools and weapons. People learned how to plant crops. People stopped being nomads. People moved to colder climates. 5 • Timelines are useful visual tools because they allow the reader to – A. – B. – C. – D. learn which event is most important. learn the order of historical events. ignore dates and places. use oral history skills. 6 • During the New Stone Age, food surpluses allowed more people to become – A. – B. – C. – D. farmers. fishers. warriors. artisans. 7 • A society that has cities, a central government, and specialized workers is known as a – A. – B. – C. – D. Civilization. Farming village cities empire • The shaded area on the map shows what ancient civilization where rich farmland led to the growth of cities? – – – – A. B. C. D. Mesopotamia Egypt Babylon Fertile Crescent 8 9 • Why can it be dangerous to live near a river? – A. – B. – C. – D. too much boat traffic earthquakes bad soil floods 10 • Mesopotamia was located between what two rivers? – A. – B. – C. – D. Tigris and Nile Tigris and Mali Tigris and Eurasia Tigris and Euphrates 11 • The Sumerians believed in – A. – B. – C. – D. no gods. one god. many gods. Catholicism. 12 • Which of the following best explains why oral traditions are important to a culture? – A. Oral traditions tell a society how to live and what people consider important. – B. Oral traditions tell a society what their laws should be. – C. Oral traditions tell who should be in charge. – D. Oral traditions keep the history of a group alive for future generations. 13 • Hammurabi’s Code was important because – A. it was based on oral traditions. – B. Babylonia ruled the ancient world. – C. the laws treated everyone the same. – D. for the first time, laws were written down and penalties were given for breaking them. 14 • Which of these was an advantage most early farming communities had over nomadic communities? – A. availability of permanent shelter – B. smaller population size – C. less need for rules and regulations – D. more opportunities to explore new lands 15 • Which type of community is described by the flow chart? – A. fishing – B. hunter-gatherer – C. farming – D. nomadic Plant Seeds Weed Fields Harvest Crops Store Grain 16 • The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people to – A. – B. – C. – D. hire scribes. learn cuneiform. teach cuneiform. learn to read and write. 17 • Who first taught the Israelites or Hebrews to practice monotheism? – A. – B. – C. – D. Abraham Hammurabi Saul David 18 • Judaism had a great influence on – A. – B. – C. – D. Christianity. Islam. Both. Neither. 19 • The Israelites left Canaan – A. – B. – C. – D. to spread Judaism. to conquer their enemies. to search for gold. because of famine. 20 • The Jews left Judaea in 135 A.D. – A. to explore the rest of the world. – B. because the Romans forced them to leave. – C. because the Greeks forced them to leave. – D. to battle the Phoenicians. 21 • A scientist who examines objects such as bones and tools to learn about the past is – A. a historian – B. an archaeologist – C. a geologist – D. an anthropologist 22 • Why were the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers important to the economy of early civilizations? – A. They supplied power to grain mills. – B. They had rich soil along their riverbanks making them excellent for farming. – C. They were sacred sites of the gods. – D. They often flooded causing the deaths of many people. 23 • People who have no settled home are known as – A. invalids. – B. nomads. – C. hunter-gatherers. – D. travelers. 24 • The time period before writing was invented in 4000 B.C. is referred to as – A. prehistory. – B. the Middle Ages. – C. ancient times. – D. history. 25 • What form of writing uses groups of wedges and lines? – A. cuneiform – B. hieroglyphs – C. scripture – D. symbology 26 • Ruler has absolute power. • Ruler rules for life. • Ruler inherits position instead of being elected. All of the following describe: – A. a republic – B. a democracy – C. a monarchy – D. a theocracy 27 • A city-state is – A. a city within a state’s borders. – B. a city that is forced to pay tribute to a state. – C. a city that is a capital of a state. – D. a city and its surrounding land that is politically independent. 28 • Which invention made the transportation of goods over long distances easier and faster? – A. wheel and axle – B. bronze – C. stirrups – D. saddle 29 • Who studies the written records of human life and compares different cultural groups? – A. an archaeologist – B. a historian – C. a geologist – D. an anthropologist 30 • I will increase your numbers very, very much, and I will make you into nations – kings will be your descendents….I will be a God to you and your people (from the Torah) Which religion is the passage above associated with? A. Islam B. Judaism C. Buddhism D. Hinduism 31 • The purpose of Hammurabi’s Code was to establish – A. safe travels on roads. – B. procedures for religious rituals. – C. methods for hunting and gathering food. – D. laws and penalties for breaking them. 32 • Which field of study compares different cultural groups? – A. anthropology – B. paleontology – C. geology – D. psychology 33 • Which description is evidence that a society had a barter economy? – A. They stored the extra food they produced. – B. They went from place to place looking for food. – C. They settled on land that was good for growing their food. – D. They traded their extra food for goods mad by other people. 34 • Which development most contributed to the success of ancient Mesopotamian villages? – A. terraced farming – B. irrigation methods – C. advanced mathematics – D. papyrus records 35 • Which of these time periods is a decade? – A. 1100 to 1200 – B. 1899 to 1900 – C. 1350 to 1400 – D. 1010 to 1020