Classics Unit 1 Review

How We Study History

100

What is the name of a scientist who studies archaeology?

An archaeologist.

200

Is a TV show about the terracotta warriors a primary or secondary source?

Secondary Source.

300

Tools, pottery, and ruins are examples of what?

Artifacts.

400

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2560 BCE. The Colosseum was completed in 80 CE. Which structure is older and what is the difference in age?

The Great Pyramid. 2,640 years. 

500

What word means to dig carefully to uncover objects or ruins.

Excavate.

Paleolithic & Neolithic Eras

100

What does paleolithic mean?

Old stone.

200

Why do we call the paleolithic and neolithic era prehistory?

There are no written records.

300

Name two ways people in the palolithic era got food.

Hunting. Gathering.

400

What is a nomad.

A person who moves from place to place.

500

What is it called when people carefully change wild animals and plants over a very long time so they can live with and help people. 

Domestication

Early Civilizations & Mesopotamia

100

What do we call the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

Mesopotamia

200

Name 4 of the 8 characteristics of civilization.

Writing systems; Social Structure

Infrastructure; Organized Religion

Government & laws; Job Specilization

Art/Architecture; Development of Cities

300

Give 2 reasons why government is important to civilization.

Lead the community; Make important decisions

Make rules & laws; Collect taxes

Organize workers; Prevent chaos

400

What Mesopotamian story about a king teaches us that we can't live forever, but we can live a good life, become wiser, and leave a positive legacy behind?

The Epic of Gilgamesh

500

What is the sand, clay, or other soil carried by running water and left in an area after flooding?

Silt.

Sumerians

100

True or False: Sumer was one unified country.

False. It was a collection of independent city states.

200

What is the temple with many steps at the center of Sumerian cities?

Ziggurat

300

Name 3 inventions of the Sumerians BESIDES cuneiform.

Wheel.

Calendar.

Base 60 math calendar.

Sailboat.

Bricks.

Writing System (Cuneiform)

400

What is the tool used to write cuneiform?

A stylus

500

What is a scribe?

People whose job it was to write things down.

Akkadians & Babylonians

100

Who was the powerful ruler of Akkad?

Sargon of Akkad.

200

What is a large group of different lands and people ruled by a single powerful leader?

Empire.

300

One accomplishment of the Akkadian empire was a standardized system of weights and measures. Tell one other accomplishment.

Royal roads; postal systems; Akkadian written language; loyal leaders (who spread culture)

400

What do we call the set of Babylonian laws?

The Code of Hammurabi.

500

Name one of the architectual wonders of the Baylonians.

The Gate of Ishtar

The Hanging Gardens.