Van Valzah World I SOL Review

Which group created cave art?

• Neolithic People

• Indus Valley People

• Paleolithic People

• Huang He Valley People

What was one key advantage of the Neolithic people over their Paleolithic predecessors?

• they had farms

• they lived in caves

• they built pyramids

• they had fire

Which one is not a Neolithic site?

• Stonehenge

• The Great Wall

• Catalhoyuk

• Jericho

Neolithic societies...

• were disorganized

• relocated frequently in search of food

• had simple tools

• were also referred to as New Stone Age societies

Scientists who study past cultures by analyzing human remains, fossils and artifacts are called....

• geologists

• archaeologists

• psychologists

• entomologists

Which early society wrote 'The Epic of Gilgamesh'?

• Sumer

• Phoenicia

• Egypt

• Hebrews

What was the world's first written language from ancient Sumer?

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Chinese characters

• Glyphs

Which Mesopotamian civilization created the first alphabet?

• Sumer

• Phoenicia

• Babylon

• Ur

Which Mesopotamian civilization created the first iron weapons?

• Hittites

• Phoenecians

• Egyptians

• Sumerians

Which Mesopotamian empire was Sargon the first ruler of?

• Egyptian

• Babylonian

• Akkadian

• Sumerian