Unit Name: Archaeology, Stone Age, and Mesopotamia
Quiz Created By: Jennifer Wong
Dating something by seeing how far the living matter has broken down is known as
A) Layering
B) Carbon-14
C) Decomposition
D) Stratigraphy
Cuneiform was developed by
A) Sumerians
B) Akkadians
C) Babylonians
D) Assyrians
The Moabite Stone Tablet proved
A) The story of Noak’s ark the existence of a great flood
B) The existence of Hammurabi’s law code
C) The Ten Commandments existed
D) The accuracy of the Bible from a Moabite King’s account of a war
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
A) The change from a semi-nomadic lifestyle to an agricultural lifestyle
B) A period when humans began to progress rapidly in terms of culture and intelligence
C) The technology innovations that emerged during the Neolithic period
D) A period when people began making tools out of newly discovered stones
Who unified Mesopotamia?
A) King Hammurabi
B) Sargon the Great
C) Ashurnasirpal II
D) Nebuchanezzar
Which civilization was known for their brutality?
A) Sumerians
B) Akkadians
C) Babylonians
D) Assyrians
Who were the Neanderthals?
A) Our ancestors
B) A type of primitive people whose remains were first discovered at Lascaux
C) An early form of the Homo Sapiens Sapiens
D) A type of primitive people who lived in Europe and Asia from about 150000 to 30000 years ago
Why are the paintings are Vallon-Pon-d’Arc so important?
A) The cave art tells us more about their culture
B) They explain the geographical explosion that happened around 40,000 ago
C) They show the first sign of modern human intelligence
D) Archaeologists can visualize their rituals and ceremonies from these paintings
Who was Queen Sheba?
A) King Hammurabi’s wife
B) A queen from the myths of Mesopotamia, which were written in cuneiform
C) One of the most violent female rulers in Assyrian history
D) A queen believed to have reigned around 950 BC
What did they discover at the Royal Tombs of Ur?
A) A tomb containing paintings of gods and the afterlife
B) A royal funeral where the King’s servants all drank poison and died
C) A huge ziggurat, containing the King’s body, which showcased the Sumerians’ construction skills
D) A tomb containing an ancient queen’s body, and a curse upon anyone who removed the jewellery from the tomb
