World History Topic 0 Exam

Fill in the blank: Two ways historians study history are ________ and ________.

• written records, artifacts

• songs, dances

• myths, legends

• paintings, sculptures

Fill in the blank: The ________ period is also known as the Old Stone Age, characterized by nomads.

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic

• Bronze

• Iron

Fill in the blank: The ________ period is known as the New Stone Age and the discovery of agriculture.

• Neolithic

• Paleolithic

• Mesolithic

• Bronze

Fill in the blank: The ________ is an area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began due to rivers.

• Fertile Crescent

• Sahara Desert

• Rocky Mountains

• Gobi Desert

Fill in the blank: The ________ were the creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization; their greatest achievement was cuneiform.

• Sumerians

• Babylonians

• Akkadians

• Assyrians

Fill in the blank: ________ was the first written code/set of laws that all were expected to obey, and was a greatest achievement of Babylon.

• Hammurabi's Code

• The Magna Carta

• The Ten Commandments

• The Justinian Code

Fill in the blank: The ________ are a code of moral laws followed by the Israelites.

• Ten Commandments

• Twelve Tribes

• Seven Sacraments

• Five Pillars

Fill in the blank: ________ is a religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament.

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Shinto

Fill in the blank: ________ is the Egyptian writing system.

• Hyroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Sanskrit

• Latin

Fill in the blank: ________ was an Arab prophet; founder of the religion of Islam; given the information from the angel Gabriel.

• Muhammad

• Moses

• Jesus

• Abraham