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Cave paintings from prehistoric eras would be considered A) fossilized remains. B) historical data. C) primary sources. D) secondary sources.
What are C) primary sources?
100
An item you purchased for 10 dollars last year costs 11 dollars this year. What is this an example of? A) exports B) imports C) inflation D) recession
What is C) inflation?
100
Where do many scientists believe the first human-like beings lived? A) Eastern Africa B) North America C) Southwest Asia D) Western Europe
What is A) Eastern Africa?
100
The Paleolithic period began about A) 1 million years ago. B) 2 million years ago. C) 2.5 million years ago. D) 3 million years ago.
What is C) 2.5 million years ago?
100
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called A) artisans. B) nomads. C) monarchs. D) scribes.
What are A) artisans?
200
What are people who travel from place to place to survive called? A) archaeologists B) early humans C) nomads D) Paleolithic
What are C) nomads?
200
Where did the first civilizations arise? A) in the mountains B) near the sea C) in river valleys D) in the desert
What is C) in river valleys?
200
The land bridge that existed between Asia and North America is now A) the Arctic Circle. B) Alaska. C) Siberia. D) the Bering Strait.
What is D) the Bering Strait?
200
The capital of the Chaldean empire was at A) Assyria. B) Babylon. C) Jericho. D) Nineveh.
What is B) Babylon?
200
How did Paleolithic people arrive in North America? A) by boat from Asia B) by boat from Europe C) by land bridge from Asia D) by land bridge from Europe
What is C) by land bridge from Asia?
300
The Epic of Gilgamesh was a long poem written in A) cuneiform. B) English. C) Indo-European. D) hieroglyphics.
What is A) cuneiform?
300
A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a A) scribe. B) cradle. C) Gilgamesh. D) ziggurat.
What is D) ziggurat?
300
The Euphrates and Tigris rivers run in what relationship to each other? A) away from B) parallel to C) perpendicular to D) towards
What is B) parallel to?
300
The Great Pyramid in Giza was built for which pharaoh? A) King Hapi B) King Khafre C) King Khufu D) King Re
Who is C) King Khufu?
300
What was the main reason the Middle Kingdom ended? A) A woman pharaoh, Hatshepsut, came into power. B) Nubia conquered Egypt. C) The Hyksos, warriors from western Asia, conquered Egypt. D) Trade decreased greatly.
What is C) The Hyksos, warriors from western Asia, conquered Egypt?
400
What caused the decline and fall of the Egyptian empire? A) The people were too interested in their religion. B) The Egyptians were attacked by neighboring peoples. C) Egyptian crops failed because of drought. D) The people built too many temples and ran out of money.
What is B) The Egyptians were attacked by neighboring peoples?
400
An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a A) cadaver. B) corpse. C) morgue. D) mummy.
What is a D) mummy?
400
What are the names of Ms. Hogan's nephews in Tallahassee?
Who are Jake and Cooper?
400
The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing was A) creating a dummy stuffed with straw. B) removing only the eyes. C) surveying the pyramid. D) the act of embalming.
What is D) the act of embalming?
400
Which of these was a result of the Nile River’s flooding? A) The farmers developed new tools to make their jobs easier. B) The farmers moved to the desert. C) The farmers started moving their fields farther away from the banks of the Nile. D) The farmers used geometry to calculate where their boundary markers should be.
What is D) The farmers used geometry to calculate where their boundary markers should be?
500
The ancient Israelites stressed the importance of A) education and family. B) family and daily life. C) manners and education. D) suffering and tradition.
What is A) education and family?
500
The Hebrew Bible says that King Solomon taxed his people heavily to A) build great buildings. B) create tribes. C) develop education. D) give to the poor.
What is A) build great buildings?
500
In order to be kosher, which of the following foods are Jews not allowed to eat? A) beef and lamb B) beef and chicken C) pork and shellfish D) salmon and lamb
What is C) pork and shellfish?
500
The spread of Jews and their customs and culture beyond the Jewish homeland and across the Mediterranean region is known as A) the Diaspora. B) Exodus. C) Hanukkah. D) the Talmud.
What is A) the Diaspora?
500
A mixture of copper and tin is called A) brass. B) amber. C) platinum. D) bronze.
What is D) bronze?
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