The First Civilizations

People who move from place to place usually in search of food are called:

• scribes

• caravans

• nomads

• archaeologists

People who study and write about the human past are called:

• scribes

• historians

• astronomers

• nomads

The Sumerian writing system was called:

• Sargon

• Cyrillian

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

The center of the Chaldean empire was at:

• Nineveh

• Jericho

• Catal Huyuk

• Babylon

A mixture of copper and tin is called:

• brass

• amber

• platinum

• bronze

Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth were the:

• Ice Ages

• Bronze Age

• Stone Age

• Golden Ages

Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group:

• lower class

• middle class

• upper class

• business class

Mesopotamia's climate was mostly:

• temperate

• always cold

• hot and dry

• tropical

Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called:

• priests

• artisans

• scribes

• heroes

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Nineveh