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The Rise of Christianity 6 Section 3 SECTION QUIZ Name ____________________________________________________ Date _____________________ CHAPTER SECTION QUIZ Human Origins in Africa 1 Section 1 A. Terms and Names If the statement is true, write “true” on the line. If it is false, change the underlined word or words to make it true. Example: Scientists have found evidence that human life originated in Africa. _________________________________true_________________________________ Example: It is believed that the first species to master fire was Homo habilis. _____________________________Homo erectus_____________________________ 1. The Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages are both parts of a period known as the Ice Age. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. A people’s way of life, including customs, family life, and social relationships, is called that people’s technology. __________________________________________________ 3. The species that includes modern humans is known as Homo sapiens. ______________ 4. Any object from the past that was made by nature or humans is called an artifact. _______________________________________________________________________ 5. The skeleton known as “Lucy,” the australopithecine who made the footprints discovered by Mary Leaky at Laetoli, and Homo habilis were all hominids. __________ 6. The first early people to be skeletally identical to modern humans were Cro-Magnons. _______________________________________________________________________ B. Extended Response Briefly answer the following question on the back of this paper. Compare and contrast Homo habilis and Cro-Magnons, using what we believe today to be true about their lives and accomplishments. © McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. The Peopling of the World 5 Name ____________________________________________________ Date _____________________ CHAPTER SECTION QUIZ Humans Try to Control Nature 1 Section 2 A. Terms and Names Write the letter of the best answer. ______ 1. All of the following were activities for Paleolithic nomads EXCEPT a. digging up plants. b. making and repairing tools. c. protecting flocks and herds. d. finding secure places to rest. ______ 2. The hunter-gatherer way of life made it impossible for people to live a. in groups. b. in cold climates. c. in permanent dwellings. d. without a spoken language. ______ 3. The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans a. mastered fire. b. developed agriculture. c. migrated from Africa. d. began to organize governments. ______ 4. “Slash-and-burn farming” refers to a. harvesting farmed crops. b. clearing land for farming. c. destroying farm land through carelessness. d. competing with others for available farmland. ______ 5. The main result of the domestication of animals was that humans a. were safer during a hunt. b. were able to hunt more efficiently. c. could use animals to pull carts and wagons. d. had a ready supply of meat and animal products. B. Extended Response Briefly answer the following question on the back of this paper. Why did the development of agriculture lead to the establishment of villages? © McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. 6 UNIT 1, CHAPTER 1 Name ____________________________________________________ Date _____________________ CHAPTER SECTION QUIZ Civilization Case Study: Ur in 1 Sumer Section 3 A. Terms and Names Fill in the blank to the left of the statement with the letter or letters of the terms that best complete the statement. a. artisans f. institutions b. barter g. irrigation c. Bronze Age h. scribes d. civilization i. specialization e. cuneiform j. ziggurat ______ 1. According to most scholars, the development of a complex culture, or __________, requires certain advances. Those advances became possible several thousand years ago, in Sumer. ______ 2. Ur, a city of some 30,000 people, thrived during the __________ in Sumer. ______ 3. Food surpluses, which __________ helped to produce, freed many people to develop skills other than those required for farming. Such __________ among workers allowed for the production of a variety of goods. ______ 4. Such goods appeared in the city’s market. Here, people engaged in __________ to exchange what they had for what they needed. ______ 5. Not all of Ur’s workers produced goods for trade. Although __________ skillfully made objects by hand, other people engaged in other activities. For example, __________ kept records in a written language called __________. ______ 6. At the top of the social class system, monarchs directed the government, which was just one of the __________ that provided organization within the city. ______ 7. Also of high social rank were the priests who directed activities at the __________, the center of the religious life of the city. B. Extended Response Briefly answer the following question on the back of this paper. Why were cities important in the development of a civilization? © McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. The Peopling of the World 7 Name ____________________________________________________ Date _____________________ CHAPTER SECTION QUIZ City-States in Mesopotamia 2 Section 1 A. Terms and Names Write the letter of the term or name that best matches the description. Not all terms will be used. a. Babylon e. dynasty i. Mesopotamia n. Sumer b. city-state f. empire j. monarchy c. cultural g. Fertile k. polytheism diffusion Crescent l. Sargon d. cuneiform h. Gilgamesh m. Hammurabi ______ 1. This is a belief in many gods. ______ 2. This part of the area between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea differs from the surrounding territory in the richness of its land. ______ 3. Creator of the world’s first empire. ______ 4. The land between the Tigris and Eurphrates Rivers. ______ 5. This is a political unit that operates similarly to an independent kingdom, although it shares a culture with other areas. ______ 6. This is a series of rulers, all from the same family. ______ 7. This is the result of uniting several peoples, nations, or formerly independent states under one ruler. ______ 8. This is the process by which the ideas, beliefs, and products of one people are shared with and accepted by another people. ______ 9. This region, about the size of Massachusetts, was the site of the first civilization. ______ 10. This is a legendary king of Mesopotamia whose adventures are detailed in one of the world’s earliest works of literature. B. Extended Response Briefly answer the following question on the back of this paper. What was Hammurabi’s Code, and why was it unusual at the time it was established? © McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. 20 UNIT 1, CHAPTER 2 Name ____________________________________________________ Date _____________________ CHAPTER SECTION QUIZ Pyramids on the Nile 2 Section 2 A. Terms and Names Writetheletterofthebestanswer. ______ 1. The main purpose of the pyramids of Egypt was to function as a. tombs. c. palaces. b. temples. d. centers of learning. ______ 2. The cataracts along the Nile are most similar to a. dams. c. shallows. b. rapids. d. whirlpools. ______ 3. Ancient Egypt was protected by natural barriers formed by a. the Nile. c. deserts. b. the delta. d. the Mediterranean. ______ 4. The theocracy of ancient Egypt was a belief in the divinity of a. Ra. c. priests. b. Isis. d. the pharaoh. ______ 5. The process of mummification was connected to the Egyptian belief in a. spirits. c. an afterlife. b. magic. d. multiple gods. ______ 6. Papyrus was used as a surface for the Egyptian writing system called a. cuneiform. c. inscribing. b. hieroglyphics. d. pictographs. ______ 7. The legendary figure Narmer is famous for being a. a boy king. b. an inventor. c. the sun god of ancient Egypt. d. the first ruler of a united Egypt. B. Extended Response Briefly answer the following question on the back of this paper. How did the practical needs of the ancient Egyptians tie in to their development of sophisticated scientific and mathematical concepts? © McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. Early River Valley Civilizations 21 Name ____________________________________________________ Date _____________________ CHAPTER SECTION QUIZ Planned Cities on the Indus 2 Section 3 A. Terms and Names If the statement is true, write “true” on the line. If it is false, change the underlined word or words to make it true. Example: The Indus River flows southwest into the Arabian Sea. ________true________ Example: South Asia is separated from the restofAsiabyrivers. _______________________________mountains_______________________________ 1. Ruins of settlements in the Indus Valley show that the buildings were constructed of oven-baked bricks.________________________________________________________ 2. Because of its size and the presence of mountains that separate it from the rest of Asia, the land mass that contains India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal is referred to as a continent._______________________________________________________________ 3. Monsoons are seasonal floods that occur with regularity and have a great affect on India.___________________________________________________________________ 4. The term Harrapan civilization is sometimes used to refer to the civilization of the entire Indus Valley. _______________________________________________________ 5. The Ganges River flooded unpredictably and sometimes changed its course._________ 6. Kalibangan and Mohenjo-Daro were major cities in the Indus Valley. ______________ B. Extended Response Briefly answer the following question on the back of this paper. Compare and contrast what
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