Transcript TCAP Review Benchmark Test 1 - Jefferson County Schools, TN

TCAP Review
Benchmark Test 1
Mesopotamia
Questions 1-35
1
• What event ended prehistoric times and
started history?
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
Fire was invented.
The wheel was invented.
Writing was invented.
People began to migrate to other regions.
2
• During the Old Stone Age before early
humans knew how to farm, they
survived by
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
slashing and burning.
stealing food from each other.
planting crops on terraces.
hunting animals and gathering wild plants.
3
• What event allowed humans to move to
cold climates?
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
They invented stone tools and weapons.
They invented metal tools.
They learned how to create fire.
They learned how to make warm clothing.
4
• What started the New Stone Age?
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
People made stone tools and weapons.
People learned how to plant crops.
People stopped being nomads.
People moved to colder climates.
5
• Timelines are useful visual tools
because they allow the reader to
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
learn which event is most important.
learn the order of historical events.
ignore dates and places.
use oral history skills.
6
• During the New Stone Age, food
surpluses allowed more people to
become
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
farmers.
fishers.
warriors.
artisans.
7
• A society that has cities, a central
government, and specialized workers is
known as a
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
Civilization.
Farming village
cities
empire
• The shaded area
on the map shows
what ancient
civilization where
rich farmland led
to the growth of
cities?
–
–
–
–
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Babylon
Fertile Crescent
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9
• Why can it be dangerous to live near a
river?
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
too much boat traffic
earthquakes
bad soil
floods
10
• Mesopotamia was located between
what two rivers?
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
Tigris and Nile
Tigris and Mali
Tigris and Eurasia
Tigris and Euphrates
11
• The Sumerians believed in
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
no gods.
one god.
many gods.
Catholicism.
12
• Which of the following best explains why oral
traditions are important to a culture?
– A. Oral traditions tell a society how to live and
what people consider important.
– B. Oral traditions tell a society what their laws
should be.
– C. Oral traditions tell who should be in
charge.
– D. Oral traditions keep the history of a group
alive for future generations.
13
• Hammurabi’s Code was important
because
– A. it was based on oral traditions.
– B. Babylonia ruled the ancient world.
– C. the laws treated everyone the same.
– D. for the first time, laws were written down
and penalties were given for breaking them.
14
• Which of these was an advantage most
early farming communities had over
nomadic communities?
– A. availability of permanent shelter
– B. smaller population size
– C. less need for rules and regulations
– D. more opportunities to explore new lands
15
• Which type of
community is
described by the
flow chart?
– A. fishing
– B. hunter-gatherer
– C. farming
– D. nomadic
Plant Seeds
Weed Fields
Harvest Crops
Store Grain
16
• The Phoenician alphabet made it easier
for people to
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
hire scribes.
learn cuneiform.
teach cuneiform.
learn to read and write.
17
• Who first taught the Israelites or
Hebrews to practice monotheism?
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
Abraham
Hammurabi
Saul
David
18
• Judaism had a great influence on
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
Christianity.
Islam.
Both.
Neither.
19
• The Israelites left Canaan
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
to spread Judaism.
to conquer their enemies.
to search for gold.
because of famine.
20
• The Jews left Judaea in 135 A.D.
– A. to explore the rest of the world.
– B. because the Romans forced them to
leave.
– C. because the Greeks forced them to leave.
– D. to battle the Phoenicians.
21
• A scientist who examines objects such
as bones and tools to learn about the
past is
– A. a historian
– B. an archaeologist
– C. a geologist
– D. an anthropologist
22
• Why were the Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers important to the economy of
early civilizations?
– A. They supplied power to grain mills.
– B. They had rich soil along their riverbanks
making them excellent for farming.
– C. They were sacred sites of the gods.
– D. They often flooded causing the deaths of
many people.
23
• People who have no settled home are
known as
– A. invalids.
– B. nomads.
– C. hunter-gatherers.
– D. travelers.
24
• The time period before writing was
invented in 4000 B.C. is referred to as
– A. prehistory.
– B. the Middle Ages.
– C. ancient times.
– D. history.
25
• What form of writing uses groups of
wedges and lines?
– A. cuneiform
– B. hieroglyphs
– C. scripture
– D. symbology
26
• Ruler has absolute power.
• Ruler rules for life.
• Ruler inherits position instead of being
elected.
All of the following describe:
– A. a republic
– B. a democracy
– C. a monarchy
– D. a theocracy
27
• A city-state is
– A. a city within a state’s borders.
– B. a city that is forced to pay tribute to a state.
– C. a city that is a capital of a state.
– D. a city and its surrounding land that is
politically independent.
28
• Which invention made the
transportation of goods over long
distances easier and faster?
– A. wheel and axle
– B. bronze
– C. stirrups
– D. saddle
29
• Who studies the written records of
human life and compares different
cultural groups?
– A. an archaeologist
– B. a historian
– C. a geologist
– D. an anthropologist
30
• I will increase your numbers very, very much,
and I will make you into nations – kings will be
your descendents….I will be a God to you and
your people (from the Torah)
Which religion is the passage above
associated with?
A. Islam
B. Judaism
C. Buddhism
D. Hinduism
31
• The purpose of Hammurabi’s Code was
to establish
– A. safe travels on roads.
– B. procedures for religious rituals.
– C. methods for hunting and gathering food.
– D. laws and penalties for breaking them.
32
• Which field of study compares different
cultural groups?
– A. anthropology
– B. paleontology
– C. geology
– D. psychology
33
• Which description is evidence that a
society had a barter economy?
– A. They stored the extra food they produced.
– B. They went from place to place looking for
food.
– C. They settled on land that was good for
growing their food.
– D. They traded their extra food for goods mad
by other people.
34
• Which development most contributed
to the success of ancient
Mesopotamian villages?
– A. terraced farming
– B. irrigation methods
– C. advanced mathematics
– D. papyrus records
35
• Which of these time periods is a
decade?
– A. 1100 to 1200
– B. 1899 to 1900
– C. 1350 to 1400
– D. 1010 to 1020