Lesson 4 First Test (Hard) History 1

Match the following

• Paleolithic

• Old Stone Age

• Bronze Age

• Softer metal but could be shaped

• Neolithic

• Recorded history and epics like the Epic of Gilgamesh

• Cuneiform

• New Stone Age

• Copper Age

• Mixed copper and tin

Match the following

• Stylus

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• Epoch

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• Flood Myth

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• Sargon of Akkad

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• Tektites

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Match the following

• Bronze Age

• Chalcolithic

• Paleolithic

• Mesolithic

• Neolithic

Organize these options into the right categories

• BP (Before Present)

• CE (Common Era)

• BC (Before Christ)

• Before 1950

• Primary Source

•  Firsthand record from the time studied, like artifacts or documents.

• Secondary Source

• BCE (Before Common Era)

• AD (Anno Domini)

• Work that interprets or analyzes primary sources, like history books.
  

Can you put these in order... HARD

• Akkadian Empire (first empire united by Sargon of Akkad)

• Assyrian Empire spreads and rules from Egypt to Persia

• Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Kish... Sumerians and first kingdoms

• Old and Middle Babylonians and the reign of Kings like Hammurabi

• Persians rule

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Classified as Nomadic

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(b) Classified as a Civilization

• Urbanization

• Exist today but most common in the Paleolithic

• Emerge in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic

• Written records and economics

• Constantly changing location

• Hunters and gatherers

• Centralized governments and laws

Match the following

• Beer Before Bread Hypothesis

• Scientific method using carbon isotopes to determine age of organic remains.

• Agricultural Surplus Theory

• Study of how ancient people observed stars and used astronomy.

• Ice Age

• Long period of global cooling when glaciers covered large parts of Earth.

• Carbon Dating

• Theory suggesting brewing inspired the start of farming.

• Archaeoastronomy

• Idea that extra food production enabled cities and civilizations.

Match the following

• Historian

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• Archaeologist

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• Anthropologist

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• Paleontologist

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Match the following

• Paleontologist

• Studies fossils to understand ancient life and past environments.

• Historian

• Studies human history through excavation and analysis of artifacts.

• Anthropologist

• Studies human cultures, societies, and their development over time.

• Archaeologist

• Studies and interprets past events using primary and secondary sources.

Date Conversion: BP to BCE - If a date is given as 3,950 BP, which approximate calendar year does it correspond to?

• 2000 BCE

• 2000 CE

• 2000 BC

• 4000 BCE