Early Humans Vocabulary
Mesopotamia Civilization Vocabulary
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100

“Scientists... [who] focus on human society [and how humans interact with each other].”

A Anthropologist

B Archaeologist

C Doctor

D Historian

A Anthropologist

100

What is a way in Mesopotamia of watering crops?

A rivers

B Aqueducts

C irrigation

D workers

C irrigation

100

What is specialization?

A orator

B the development of different kinds of jobs

C skilled craftsperson

D record keeper

B the development of different kinds of jobs

100

How many gods did the first civilizations believe in?

A one god

B many gods

C two gods

D 5 gods

B many gods

100

What was the name of the hominoid fossil found in Ethiopia in 1974?

A Lucy

B Maggie

C Melissa

D Bob

A Lucy

200

Scientists who “hunt for evidence buried in the ground”

A Anthropologist

B Archaeologist

C Doctor

D Historian

B Archaeologist

200

What is a city-state?

A a society with cities, organized government, art, religion, and class divisions

B independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages

C group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government

D a group of individuals born and living at the same time in history

B independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages

200

What is irrigation?

A complex society

B ways of watering crops

C earliest form of writing

D a group of many different lands under one ruler

B ways of watering crops

200

What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?

A "mountain of God"

B "hill of heaven"

C " the land between cities"

D "the land between the rivers"

D "the land between the rivers"

200

Where was the first hominoid fossils found in 1959?

A Grand Canyon, USA

B Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

C Hadar, Ethiopia

D Cairo, Egypt

B Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

300

“weapons, tools, and other things made by humans [from the past].”

A Fossils

B Artifacts

C Nomad

D Technology

B Artifacts

300

Who were artisans?

A orator

B writer

C skilled craftsperson

D record keeper

C skilled craftsperson

300

What is a civilization?

A complex society

B ways of watering crops

C earliest form of writing

D a group of many different lands under one ruler

A complex society

300

How many social classes were there in the Sumerian Civilization?

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4

C 3

300

What is the prehistoric period called?

A Iron Age

B Ice Age

C Stone Age

D Brick Age

C Stone Age

400

“tools and methods that help humans perform tasks.” 

A Fossils

B Artifacts

C Nomad

D Technology


D Technology

400

What was the Mesopotamian writing called?

A Cuneiform

B cave painting

C latin

D English

A Cuneiform

400

What was at the top of the Ziggurat?

A nothing

B a safe

C shrine

D hotel


C shrine

400

Who was the group that conquered the Sumerian Empire?

A Assyrians

B Babylonians

C Hittites

D Persians


B Babylonians

400

What does Paleolithic mean?

A "old iron age"

B "old ice age"

C "old medal age"

D "old stone age"

D "old stone age"

500

“people who regularly move from place to place [to find food and resources] without fixed homes.”

A Fossils

B Artifacts

C Nomad

D Technology


C Nomad

500

Who were scribes?

A orator

B writer

C skilled craftsperson

D record keeper

D record keeper

500

What is the land called that runs between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf and is in the shape of a half moon?

A Mesopotamia

B Ziggurat

C Sumer

D Fertile crescent

D Fertile crescent

500

What does Babylon mean?

A Gate of God

B Gate of Goat

C Bridge of God

D Door of God

A Gate of God

500

What lines run from east to west and measure the distance between north and south?

A Longitude

B Latitude

B Latitude

600

“traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rocks.”

A Fossils

B Artifacts

C Nomad

D Technology

A Fossils

600

What is an empire?

A a society with cities, organized government, art, religion, and class divisions

B independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages

C group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government

D a group of individuals born and living at the same time in history

C group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government

600

Who ran the government?

A Priests

B Kings

C Lawyers

D Gods

B Kings

600

Who was the famous Babylonian king? (Which also had a code that meant "eye for eye and tooth for a tooth"

A Otzi

B Hammurabi

C Sargon

D Gilgamesh

B Hammurabi

600

What lines run from north to south and measure the distance between east and west?

A Longitude

B Latitude

A Longitude

700

What is a ziggurat?

A holy place

B graveyard

C government building

D bank

A holy place

700

What did they learn to build to control seasonal floods?

A moats

B dams and channels

C roads

D boats

B dams and channels

700

What rivers surrounded the earliest known civilization?

A Tigris and Nile Rivers

B Euphrates and Nile Rivers

C Nile and Sumer Rivers

D Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

D Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

700

What were engravings of Hammurabi’s Code called?

A stars

B engravings

C stelas

D statues

C stelas

700

What group took control after the Babylonian Empire started to decline? 

A Assyrians

B Sumerians

C Hittites

D Persians

A Assyrians

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