A) 1 million years ago
B) 1.5 million years ago
C) 2 million years ago
D) 4 million years ago
Homo erectus replaced:
A) Australopithecus
B) Homo sapiens sapiens
C) Neanderthals
D) Sumerians
What made the land of Mesopotamia so attractive?
A) The levees along the Tigris
B) The levees along the Euphrates
C) The nutrient rich soil
D) The annual flooding of the Nile
Hammurabi was king of the:
A) Assyrians
B) Akkadians
C) Babylonians
D) Sumerians
The Sumerians developed cuneiform writing from:
A) Pictures
B) Hieroglyphics
C) Ancient texts
D) The Sumerians didn’t develop cuneiform writing.
Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic, meaning the people worshipped many gods. How many did they worship?
A) 2800
B) 109
C) 4300
D) 3600
Which of the following were not invented in Mesopotamia?
A) The wheel
B) Writing
C) Embalming
D) Legal code
In Sumerian society, the nobility owned the land, while others worked on it. These people were known as:
A) Free clients
B) Habitants
C) Commoners
D) Assyrians
Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when:
A) The Neanderthals revolted
B) The Neolithics revolted
C) Stone tools primarily were used
D) People abandoned farming to live a nomadic lifestyle.
Bedouins destroyed the Moabite Stone Tablet because:
A) They wanted to annoy the Europeans who wanted it
B) They didn’t like what it said on it.
C) They believed it was cursed
D) They believed there was gold inside.
