CHAPTER 2 AP QUIZ

CHAPTER 2 AP QUIZ

Name: _______________________________________________ Date: __________ Period __________

Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. What is time before written records? A. History B. Prehistory C . Ammino Dominici D . Classical Culture

2. What are remains, tools, jewelry and other human-made objects? A. History B. Prehistory C . Artifacts D . Classical Culture

3. Who found footprints of hominids in Tanzaniain the 1970's? A. Mary Leakey B. Donald Johanson C . Robert Wooley D . Mike Williams

4. When did the Old Stone Age end? A. 8000 B.C. B. 3500 B.C. C . 3000 B.C. D . 1000 B.C.

5. What is another name for the Old Stone Age? A. Neolithic B. Paleolithic C . Neaderthals D . Ammino Dominici

6. Which hominid was known as man of skill? A. Homo Habilis B. Homo Erectus C . Homo Sapien D . Cro -Magnon

7. Which hominid was the first to use fire? A. Homo Habilis B. Homo Erectus C . Homo Sapiens D . Neanderthals

8. Which group used advanced spoken language? A. Cro-Magnons B. Neaderthals C . Homo Erectus D . Homo Habilis

9. Which hominid was known as wise man? A. Homo Habilis B. Homo Erectus C . Homo Sapien D . Homo Ammino

10. What is the unique way of life of people? A. Antropology B. Paleontology C . Culture D . Classical Culture

11. Where would you find the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? A. India B. China C . Mesopotamia D . Africa

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12. How many people lived in Catal Huyak? A. 1000 B. 25000 C . 6000 D . 2500

13. Who were people that wandered from place to place in search of food? A. Nomads B. Neaderthals C . Homo Sapiens D . Tribunes

14. Where in Spain was cave art discovered? A. Lascaux B. Altamira C . Zagros D . Cacusus

15. What is cutting trees, grasses, scrubs, and setting them on fire called? A. Training B. Domestication C . Scorched earth D . Stabilizing

16. What is taming of animals called? A. Training B. Domestication C . Obsidian D . Stabilizing

17. Where would you find the Zagros Mountains? A. Northern Syria B. Northern turkey C . Northeastern Iraq D . Northwest India

18. What river in Africa did civilization begin on? A. Nile B. Indus C . Ganges D . Tigris

19. Where was Catal Huyuk found? A. South Central Iraq B. South Central Arabia C . South Central Turkey D . South Central India

20. What is dark volcanic rock that looks like glass called? A. Obsidian B. Quartz C . Diamonds D . Kaaba

21. Which of these was not important for the growth of villages? A. Agriculture B. Economic C . Paleontology D . Water

22. How many characteristics are there to Civilization? A. 3 B. 5 C. 7 D. 9

23. Who kept the records for early civilizations? A. Homo Habilia B. Scribes C . Nomads D . Tribunes

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24. What writing did the Sumerians create? A. Cuneiform B. Sanskrit C . Heirglyphics D. Cyrillic

25. What instrument did Sumerians use to write on clay tablets? A. Stylus B. Finger C . Obsidian D . Papyrus

26. How many people lived in Ur? A. 3000 B. 6000 C . 30000 D . 40000

27. What was a Sumerian flea-market called? A. Bazaar B. Ziggurat C . Bonanza D . Citadel

28. What is trading goods for goods or services called? A. Capitalism B. Barter C . Bazaar D . Domestication

29. What is the tallest structure in a Sumerian city? A. Ziggurat B. Citadel C . Pyramid D . Mosque

30. Who discovered the city of Ur? A. Leonard Wooley B. Robert Braidwood C . Robert Leonard D . Sandra Leakey

31. What is the area of land that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the coast of Israel called? A. Mesopotamia B. Fertile Crescent C . Babylon

32. What does the word Mesopotamia mean? A. Standing army B. Fertile Crescent C . Land between the rivers

33. What is a rich layer of soil left over by a flood called? A. Loase B. Silt C . Crust

34. What is a government in which the religious leader and the ruler are the same person? A. Democracy B. Theocracy C . Polytheism D . Socialism

35. What is the process of a new idea or product being spread from one culture to another called? A. Cultural Diffusion B. Ostracism C . Inclusion D . Polytheism

36. What is the belief in many gods and goddesses called? A. Monotheism B. Theocracy C . Polytheism D . Taoism

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37. Which afterlife did the Sumerians believe in? A. Brahman B. The Land of Guaw C . The Land of Nirvana D . Land of No Return

38. What is the earliest literary work of the Sumerian's? A. Epic of Sargon B. Epic of Gilgamesh C . Epic of Hammurabi D . Epic of Nebuchadnezzer

39. Which of these was not an invention of the Sumerian's? A. Glass B. Wheel C . Sail D . Plow

40. Who was the first empire builder in Sumer? A. Nebuchadnezzer B. Sargon the Great C . Hammurbi D . King Menes

41. Who in Babylon created a code of laws? A. Sargon the Great B. Hammurabi C . Nebuchadnezzer D . King Menes

42. How long is the Nile River? A. 2000 miles B. 3000 miles C . 4100 miles D . 5500 miles

43. What is a cataract in Egypt? A. Small pyramid B. Small sailboat C . Eye ailment D . A waterfall

44. What is triangular silt rich area of land at the mouth of the Nile River called? A. Delta B. Cataract C . Harbor D . Loess

45. What slowed cultural diffusion in Egypt? A. Education B. Desert C . Mountains D . Floods

46. Who united upper and lower Egypt in 3100 B.C. A. Nebuchadnezzer B. Hammurabi C . Sargon the Great D . King Menes

47. Where was the capitol of King Menes located? A. Memphis B. Cairo C . Alexandria D . Thebes

48. What was the Pharaoh's ka? A. Religious book B. Eternal spirit C . Leadership manifest D. Crown

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CHAPTER 2 AP QUIZ 49. Which of these was the sun god of Egypt?

A. Ka B. Isis C . Horus D . Ra 50. What was the writing of the Egyptians called? A. Hieroglyphics B. Cuneiform C . Sanskrit D . Phoenician 51. Which of these was not a period of time in Egypt? A. The Pyramid Kingdom B. The Old Kingdom C . The Middle Kingdom D . The New Kingdom 52. Who were the Asian invaders that conquered Egypt for a brief time in the Middle Kingdom? A. Hittites B. Hyksos C . Chaldean's D . Babylonians

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