UNIT 1 TEST

Question 1

Who was the ancient ruler that the people called god-like?

Answer 1

Pharaoh

Question 2

What are Anthropologists?

Answer 2

Scientists who study early humans and culture

Question 3

Who are the people who study early humans and culture?

Answer 3

Anthropologists

Question 4

What is an Artifact?

Answer 4

Early tools or objects made throughout history

Question 5

What are the creatures who walk upright?

Answer 5

Hominids

Question 6

What type of scientist studies fossils?

Answer 6

Paleontologists

Question 7

What are Archaeologists?

Answer 7

Scientists who study artifacts and human civilization/culture

Question 8

What was the writing system Ancient Egyptians used called

Answer 8

Hieroglyphics

Question 9

Were the Kings/Pharaohs believed to rule after death? True or False?

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Delta

Answer 10

A region in Northern Egypt

Question 11

A region in Upper Egypt

Answer 11

The Delta

Question 12

Who was Narmer

Answer 12

An Ancient Egyptian King

Question 13

Theocracy

Answer 13

A type of government in which rule is based on religious authority

Question 14

Ancient Pyramid

Answer 14

Tombs that the Egyptians built that were in the shape of a pyramid

Question 15

Mummification

Answer 15

The enameling and drying of a corpse(mainly royalty) to prevent it from decaying

Question 16

Papyrus

Answer 16

A paper-like material

Question 17

True or False. The Egyptians did not believe in an after life

Answer 17

False

Question 18

True or False. Hieroglyphic words usually represented religious words or parts of words

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What is culture

Answer 19

The unique way people lived their lives

Question 20

Hominid

Answer 20

Creatures who could stand upright

Question 21

Paleolithic age

Answer 21

The oldest tools date back to this era

Question 22

Neolithic Age

Answer 22

People learned to polish their tools, make pottery, grow crops, and raise animals

Question 23

Technology

Answer 23

Ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet peoples needs

Question 24

Homo-Sapiens

Answer 24

Species name for modern humans

Question 25

Civilization

Answer 25

A complex Culture

Question 26

Specialization

Answer 26

The development of skills in a special kind of work

Question 27

Artistan

Answer 27

Skilled workers who made goods by hand

Question 28

Scribes

Answer 28

Professional record writers

Question 29

Cuneiform

Answer 29

Invented system of writing(thought to be the first)

Question 30

Bronze Age

Answer 30

The time when people started using bronze

Question 31

Barter

Answer 31

A way of trading goods and services

Question 32

Ziggurat

Answer 32

A pyramid-shaped monument

Question 33

Fertile Crescent

Answer 33

Once the most fertile place in the world

Question 34

Mesopotamia

Answer 34

“Land between rivers”

Question 35

City-State

Answer 35

Each city and the surrounding land

Question 36

Dynasty

Answer 36

A series of rulers from a single family

Question 37

Cultural Diffusion

Answer 37

The process in which a new idea or product spreads from one culture to another

Question 38

Polytheism

Answer 38

The belief in more than one God

Question 39

Empire

Answer 39

A huge land ruled by one person

Question 40

Hammurabi

Answer 40

The person who reached the peak of Ur’s empire reign

Question 41

Nomad

Answer 41

A people who would travel from place to place in search of food