1. How many years separate 3100 BC and 1800 AD?

2. 4900

3. Events that occurred after the development of writing are called
A. Prehistoric
B. Ancient
C. Artifacts
D. Historic

4. Historic

5. Events that occur before the development of writing are called
A. Prehistoric
B. Ancient
C. Artifacts
D. Historic

6. Prehistoric

7. The epic poem that Homer wrote is entitled
A. Iliad
B. Moby Dick
C. Mahabharata
D. Ramayana

8. Iliad

9. The code of laws during the Mesopotamian period was known as
A. Ten commandments
B. Five Pillars
C. Code of Hammurabi
D. Twelve Tablets

10. Code of Hammurabi

11. What artifact unlocked the key to the hieroglyphic language?
A. Hammurabi Code
B. King Tut’s tomb
C. Ice Man
D. Rosetta Stone

12. Rosetta Stone

13. What event allowed man to gain control over his food supply?
A. Hunting
B. Wandering
C. Development of farming
D. fishing

14. Development of farming

15. Mesopotamia was the land between the Tigris and which other river?
A. Nile
B. Amazon
C. Mississippi
D. Euphrates

16. Euphrates

17. What factor made it especially difficult to farm in southern Mesopotamia?
Unskilled Laborers
Droughts and irregular floods
Not enough sunshine
Rocky, infertile soil

18. Droughts and Irregular floods

19. What invention has proven to be one of the most important inventions in human history?
Paper
Wheel
Plow
Pots

20. Wheel

21. Archeologists Anthropologist Geologist Historians
What person studies the ancient artifacts, tools and buildings of long ago?
Archeologists
Anthropologist
Geologist
Historians

22. Archeologists

23. What person studies the way people act and live?
Archeologists
Anthropologist
Geologist
Historians

24. Anthropologist

25. What person studies rock, minerals, and other formations of the earth?
Archeologists
Anthropologist
Geologist
Historians

26. Geologist

27. What was the first written laws called?
Four Pillars
Ten Commandments
Vedas
Code of Hammurabi

28. Code of Hammurabi

29. What cloth is found in a cocoon?
Cotton
Wool
Silk
Polyester

30. Silk

31. What cloth did the Chinese make?
Cotton
Wool
Silk
polyester

32. Silk

33. The tallest building in Sumer was
Zigguart
Tora
Pyramid
Cuneiform

34. zigguart

35. A long period without rain is called
Plateau
Drought
Economy
Irrigation

36. Drought