Jews
Phoenicia, Assyria, and Persia
The Fertile Crescent
Human Origins and the Neolithic Revolution
Studying History
100

Which statement about Abraham is the most accurate?

His covenant with God helped all Jewish people.

100

A believer in monotheism

worships a single god

100

Hammurabi is best remembered for his


legal code

100

Which of these is in the correct chronological order?

Paleolithic era, last Ice Age, Neolithic Revolution, beginning of civilizations

100

Which of these is a true statement about anthropologists?

a) Anthropologists’ studies are limited to today’s cultures and societies.

b) Anthropologists study how ancient cultures are similar and different.

c) Anthropologists leave the study of human origins to archaeologists.

d) Anthropologists leave the study of social behaviors to sociologists.

Anthropologists study how ancient cultures are similar and different.

200

What is the difference between the Torah and the Talmud?

The Torah describes the basic laws of Judaism; the Talmud is a collection of interpretations of the Torah.

200

What is bureaucracy?

the structure of a government, including the people who help it function

200

What were some of the first crops to be domesticated during the Agricultural Revolution?

wheat and barley

200

An important factor that brought changes to the hunter-gatherer way of life was that


large prey animals were becoming extinct.

200

Which would be considered a secondary source about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

a) a diary entry by a witness to the assassination 

b) an interview with a member of the audience at Ford’s Theater where Lincoln was shot

c) an interview with Booth’s understudy, who was not at Ford’s Theater the night of the assassination

d) a newspaper article written by a reporter who was in the audience at Ford’s Theatre

a) a diary entry by a witness to the assassination

300

What element do Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur share?

They both are considered high holy days.

300

The _________ forced conquered peoples to pay tribute to the the monarch

 Assyrians

300

Sumerians were the first people of Mesopotamia to use

the plow

300

Which is the best dated evidence that humans have been on Earth for over four million years?


A fossil nicknamed Lucy was found in East Africa.

300

Which of these dating methods is capable of giving the most accurate age of an artifact?

a) DNA

b) tree rings

c) radiocarbon

d) dendrochronology


radiocarbon

400

What was the most important impact of the Jewish peoples’ repeated Diaspora?

It helped spread the religion into Europe.

400

Which of these empires would go last in a timeline of world civilizations?

Assyria   Persia   Phoenicia    Babylonia

Persia

400

What was the impact of the political and legal ideas found in Hammurabi’s Code?

The Code served as a model for justice and influenced law making in other societies.

400

During the Neolithic Revolution people could stay in one place because


food supply increased and new jobs emerged.

400

Which would likely be the least biased account of the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor?

a) President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech following the attack

b) a Japanese news article published on December 8, 1941

c) a world history textbook’s account published in 2014

d) a radio announcer’s account from Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack


c) a world history textbook’s account published in 2014

500

How did Judaism differ from other faiths of the same time period?

It focused on monotheism instead of polytheism

500

How did the Royal Road benefit the Persians?

It established communication throughout the Persian Empire.

500

What empire did Hammurabi rule over?

Babylonia

500

The best definition of pastoralism is


raising livestock.

500

Two cities fall on the same line of latitude. If a line is drawn between the two cities, in which direction could the line go? 

a) north to south

b) east to west

c) northwest

d) southeast

b) east to west

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