Three Chapter Test Flashcards
1
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Near ____, Germany digging in a pit they found a lower jaw.
A
Heidelberg.
2
Q
Instead of a forehead they had ___ above the eyebrows.
A
Two thick rides.
3
Q
___ comes before history.
A
Prehistory.
4
Q
Woods, plants, and ___ rocks change.
A
Volcanic.
5
Q
They call it the stone age because they started make ____ out of stone.
A
Tools.
6
Q
Neanderthals inhabited earth ___ ____ ____ years ago.
A
Two hundred thousand.
7
Q
Neanderthals appeared ____ ___ years before ancestors.
A
Seventy thousand.
8
Q
Winters ____. Summers ____.
A
Longer, shorter.
9
Q
______ invented talking.
A
Cavemen.
10
Q
______ people did not invent clothes, houses, tools, plows, grains for bread, cows, sheep, dogs, bows, arrows, helmets, shields.
A
Prehistoric.
11
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Ice age lasted many ____ of ____ of years.
A
Tens, thousands.
12
Q
Cavemen drew and painted in caves to summon _____.
A
Animals.
13
Q
Forests were dangerous so they built _____ _____.
A
Pile dwellings.
14
Q
What are pile dwellings?
A
Pile dwellings are huts on stilts rammed deep in the mud in the middle of lakes.
15
Q
Prehistoric people invented ____ ___ and decorate with patterns and fire ovens.
A
Clay pots.
16
Q
What did cavemen learn to do when the warmth came and the ice retreated to the mountains?
A
They learned to plant grass and grind seeds to bake in fire to make bread.
17
Q
When did prehistoric people start making tools with metals?
A
4000 BC.
18
Q
_____ had a “nice shine.”
A
Copper.
19
Q
They mixed copper and ___ to make it stronger.
A
Tin.
20
Q
Tin and copper made ___.
A
Bronze.
21
Q
Where was a human skull found?
A
Germany in Neander Valley.
22
Q
What were the boats made of?
A
Hollowed tree trunks.
23
Q
What were people dressed in?
A
Skins.
24
Q
Wives daughters were jewelry made of what?
A
Colored stones and even gold.
25
When did Menes rule over Egypt?
5100 years ago.
26
What were the rulers of Ancient Egypt called?
Pharaohs.
27
What did Egyptians sing in praise of the river four thousand years ago?
Watering the plains, feed the cattle, quench the thirsty desert, bring forth the barley, create the wheat, fill the granaries and storehouses, not forgetting the poor.
28
What was the Ancient Egyptian writing system called?
Hieroglyphs.
29
Why did the Egyptians preserve all their ancient traditions over the centuries and the priests make sure that no son did anything his father had not done before?
To them, everything old was sacred.
30
Which body of water did the Ancient Egyptians worship?
The Nile.
31
Which of the following do we attribute to pharaohs?
They were immensely powerful, their word was law, all of Egypt had to toil for him if he so decreed, they lived in a great stone palace with massive pillars and many courtyards.
32
Who was the sun god in Ancient Egypt?
Amon.
33
Who was the god of the Kingdom of the Dead?
Anubis.
34
"In honor of their gods, they chiseled majestic stone statues, as tall as __________, and built temples as big as __________."
A five-story house, towns.
35
What are the tall pointed granite stones placed outside of temples in Ancient Egypt called?
Obelisks.
36
Which of the following describes a belief that the Ancient Egyptians had in their religion?
A man’s soul left his body when he died, and for some reason, the soul continued needing that body, and would suffer if it crumbled into dust.
37
The name Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Land between the rivers.
38
Which of the following two cities existed in Mesopotamia?
Nineveh and Babylon.
39
One such mound, standing in the desert, is all that remains of __________, once the greatest city on earth, a city swarming with people who came there from every part of the world to trade their wares.
Babylon.
40
Upstream, at the foot of the mountains, sits another. This was __________, the second greatest city in the land ... [the capital of] of the Assyrians.
Nineveh.
41
Which of the following items was not discovered in the burial sites at Ur?
A silver shield designed with rubies.
42
Archaeologists discovered the ruins of which city beneath rubble mounds near the Persian Gulf, the city that the Bible states was where Abraham was born?
Ur.
43
Archaeologists learned that people in the plains near the Persian Gulf had already learned to shape bricks from clay and build houses and temples by what year?
3100 BC.
44
What did people discover inscribed in clay tablets?
Cuneiform.
45
Into what did the Mesopotamian inscribe their signs?
Soft clay.
46
What did the Epic of Gilgamesh describe his battles against?
Monsters and dragons.
47
With thanks to recorded business dealings, who do historians know were great traders in Mesopotamia?
Sumerians.
48
Which Mesopotamian ruler left a long and important inscription engraved in stone?
Hammurabi.
49
When did King Hammurabi live?
1700 BC.
50
The planet Mars is named after the god of what?
War.
51
The planet Venus is named after the god of what?
Love.
52
Which of the following pictures did the Babylonians and Assyrians not portray in their statues?
Warriors praying for victory.
53
In which of the following ways were the Babylonians and Assyrians kings not portrayed in their statues?
They sat upon jeweled thrones.
54
To which gods and goddess did the Babylonians and Assyrians make sacrifices?
Baal or Ishtar.
55
Which ancient Mesopotamian cultures observed the stars and gave names to constellations?
The Babylonians and the Assyrians.
56
What is the name of the tall, broad towers that the Sumerians and Babylonians built to be nearer to the stars?
Ziggurat.
57
Which of the following qualities is not attributed to the Babylonian and Sumerian strange buildings?
At the very top was a temple dedicated to the Nebuchadnezzar, or one of the other Mesopotamian rulers.
58
What were Nebuchadnezzar's "truly greatest deeds"?
His digging of huge canals and water cisterns.
59
Against whom did Nebuchadnezzar fight and bring home a vast number of foreign captives as slaves?
Egypt.
60
Which of the following is not an example of how Egyptians "knew what they were doing"?
How they pumped water into ditches as a primitive plumbing system.
61
Based on the discoveries found in noblemen's tombs, how did the king reward his faithful ministers?
Decorations.
62
Which two objects were combined to write "Osiris" in hieroglyphs?
A throne and an eye.
63
Which three languages are found on the Rosetta Stone?
Ancient Greek, hieroglyphs, and another Egyptian script.
64
What material did Ancient Egyptians use for their writing?
Papyrus.
65
How long did Ancient Egypt's empire last?
Nearly 3,000 years.
66
Which pharaoh attempted to change Ancient Egypt's culture?
Akhenaton.
67
Which animal head did the god of the Kingdom of the Dead have?
A jackal's.
68
Which of the following did Akhenaton do as ruler?
He ordered the ancient temples shut down, he and his wife moved into a new palace, he favored fine new ideas, and he had the walls of his palace painted in an entirely new style.
69
Which is not related to Akhenaton?
He invested time in the gods and the culture's mysterious rituals.
70
"Wise words are rarer than __________, yet they come from the mouths of __________ who __________."
Emeralds, poor slave girls, turn the millstones.
71
When did King Cheops live?
2500 BC.
72
What is a cathedral?
A cathedral is a large church.
73
What is the definition of a hymn?
A hymn is a song of praise.
74
What is the definition of decreed?
To order in an official capacity.
75
What is the definition of Consort?
To associate with.
76
What is the definition of Immense?
Extremely large.
77
What is the definition of tribute?
An obligatory payment.
78
What is the definition of Vivid?
Strong or intense.
79
What is the definition of Laden?
Weighed down or oppressed.
80
What is the definition of legible?
Able to read.
81
What is the definition of Sacred?
Deserving of reverence or respect.
82
What is the definition of conformity?
To follow a custom religion.
83
What is the definition of Reign?
To control or lead.
84
What is the definition of sustained?
To keep up or maintain.
85
What is the definition of utterly?
To give out or to send forth.
86
What is the definition of Solemn?
Marked by ceremonial observance.
87
What is the definition of Endured?
To continue.
88
What is the definition of Excavation?
To uncover by digging.
89
What is the definition of astonishing?
Extremely surprising or impressive; amazing.
90
What is the definition of deed?
An action that is performed intentionally or consciously.
91
What is the definition of eternity?
Infinite or unending time.
92
What is the definition of Inscription?
Words inscribed, as on a monument or in a book.
93
What is the definition of engraved?
Cut or carve on the surface of a hard object.
94
What is the definition of forbidding?
Unfriendly or threatening in appearance.
95
What is a constellation?
A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern.
96
What is a ringlet?
A lock of hair hanging in a cork-screw shaped curl.
97
What is the definition of venerable?
Worthy of respect because of dignity.
98
What is silt?
Extremely fine particles carried by water.
99
What is the definition of irrigate?
To furnish water for growing plants.
100
What is the definition of formidable?
Awesome; threatening; overwhelming.
