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Multiple Choice 1 – 10 pts

Groups of traveling merchants are called a. caravans b. nomads

c. political districts

d. bargain shoppers

Multiple Choice 1 – 20 pts

Complex societies with cities, governments, art, and religion are called

a. provincesb. empires c. civilizations d. city-states

Multiple Choice 1 – 30 points

People who study and write about the human past are called

a. artisans b. historians

c. astronomers

d. scribes

Multiple Choice 1 – 40 points

Tools and methods to help humans perform tasks are called a. artifacts

b. cuneiform c. caravans

d. technology

Multiple Choice 1 – 50 pointsPeople who study how humans developed and related to each other are calleda. artifacts

b. artisans c. astronomers

d. anthropologists

Multiple Choice 2 – 10 points

Weapons, tools, and other things made by humans and left for future generations to study are calleda. scribesb. artisansc. artifactsd. cuneiform

Multiple Choice 2 – 20 pointsThe Babylonian king best known for his law code wasa. Alexanderb. Hammarabbic. Dickarabbid. Dave Barta

Multiple Choice 2 – 30 points

A group of many different lands under one ruler is called a. empireb. city-statec. districtd. province

Multiple Choice 2 – 40 points

Provinces area. ancient rulersb. political districtsc. artifactsd. sons of princes

Multiple Choice 2 – 50 points

City-statesa. were very small statesb. had a mayor and a governorc. were part of a larger stated. had their own government and were not

part of any large unit

Fill in the blank – 20 points

__________ is when farmers used ditches and waterways to bring water to their fields.

Fill in the blank – 40 pointsTo ____________ animals and plants for human use is to tame them.

Fill in the blank – 60 points

People who regularly move from place to place are called ____________.

Fill in the blank – 80 points

_____________ are traces of plants or animals preserved in rock.

Fill in the blank – 100 points

________________ are people who hunt for evidence buried in the ground

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____________ was writing that consisted of hundreds of wedge-shaped marks.

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Record keepers who knew how to write were called ___________.

Fill in the blank– 60 points

_______________ are people who study stars and planets.

Fill in the blank– 80 points

Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery were called ___________.

Fill in the blank– 100 points

Complex societies with cities, governments, art, and religion were called _____________.