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. Mesopotamia’s climate was a. always cold. b. hot and dry. c. temperate. d. tropical.
What is b. hot and dry.
100
Today we call it Sudan. The ancient Egyptians called it a. Ethiopia. b. Giza. c. Memphis. d. Nubia.
What is d. Nubia.
100
Kushite traders brought back cotton, textiles, and other goods in exchange for a. iron products and slaves. b. ivory and gold. c. valuable wood and incense. d. wheat and rice.
What is a. iron products and slaves.
100
How many tablets of stories and songs to the gods did the Assyrian library at Nineveh hold? a. 250 b. 2,500 c. 25,000 d. 250,000
What is c. 25,000.
100
Bureaucrats, or elected officials, appointed by the pharaoh a. collected tax payments of grain from farmers. b. distributed land to priests. c. performed manual labor. d. supervised the building of the pyramids.
What is a. collected tax payments of grain from farmers.
200
By 8000 B.C., people in Southwest Asia began growing a. corn, squash, and potatoes. b. millet. c. root crops. d. wheat and barley.
What is d. wheat and barley.
200
A mixture of copper and tin is called a. amber. b. brass. c. bronze. d. platinum.
What is c. bronze.
200
Which of the following developments occurred during the Paleolithic Age? a. the making of copper b. domestication of animals c. systematic agriculture d. development of weapons made of flint
What is d. development of weapons made of flint.
200
The king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt was a. Ahmose. b. Amenhotep. c. Amon Re. d. Tutankhamen.
What is a. Ahmose.
200
When using content from books or the Internet, you must a. take notes about the books. b. present your opinion about the source. c. cite the source. d. use secondary sources to back it up.
What is c. cite the source.
300
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.
300
Which discovery made life less difficult for Paleolithic people? a. bronze b. copper c. farming d. fire
What is d. fire.
300
Who tried to give the Egyptians a new religion? a. Amenhotep b. Osiris c. Ramses II d. Thebes
What is a. Amenhotep.
300
A URL that is more likely to be attached to a site that contains biased information would be a. .edu. b. .org. c. .gov. d. .com.
What is b. .org.
300
The Jews met here on the Sabbath to pray and discuss their religion. a. churches b. mosques c. plazas d. synagogues
What is d. synagogues.
400
How long have people been living in Florida? a. 500 years b. 1,000 years c. 10,000 years d. 50,000 years
What is c. 10,000 years.
400
Who is believed to have written many of the Psalms? a. Abraham b. David c. Ezra d. Saul
What is b. David.
400
The most important part of a history research project is a. obtaining a list of primary sources. b. choosing a time period that is interesting. c. selecting a topic that is workable. d. the number of sources that you have.
What is c. selecting a topic that is workable.
400
Images of what were scarce in cave paintings? a. boars b. horses c. humans d. oxen
What is c. humans.
400
Assyria was made up of the land between the Persian Gulf and the a. Caspian Sea. b. Euphrates River. c. Nile River. d. Red Sea.
What is c. Nile River.
500
Mesopotamia, the first civilization, was located in what is now the southern part of a. Iran. b. Iraq. c. India. d. Syria.
What is b. Iraq.
500
Which of the following methods MOST improved the hunting process during the Paleolithic Age? a. using tracking methods b. driving animals off cliffs c. learning how animals behave d. inventing traps and spears
What is d. inventing traps and spears.
500
Throughout history, which two factors have influenced where people settle? a. building supplies and nearby trade ports b. animals for hunting and average temperature c. drinking water and the ability to grow crops d. population density and business opportunity
What is c. drinking water and the ability to grow crops.
500
The Julian calendar was not exactly right because it a. lost one day a year. b. lost one day every 128 years. c. contained too many days. d. started in the wrong month.
What is b. lost one day every 128 years.
500
The study of people and events of the past is called a. economics. b. archaeology. c. history. d. anthropology.
What is c. history.