Social Studies Unit 3 Quiz

7th Grade SS

Know the meaning of Mesopotamia, which it was named from the ancient Greeks

Know the meaning of Mesopotamia, which it was named from the ancient Greeks

“land between rivers”

Know the 9 characteristics of a civilization

Centralized State, Complex Social Hierarchy, Dense Population, Cities, Writing System, Specialization of Labor, Monumental Buildings, Dominant Belief System, Agricultural Economy

Know the location and which river belongs to each letter A,B,C,D

A – Nile River, B – Tigris and Euphrates River, C – Indus River, D – Yellow River

Based on the latitude of each of the four river valley civilizations, you can make the assumption that they had what in common?

All four have similar climates

Who separated drinking water from waste water in the first known sewage system?

Indus River civilization

Who used bronze for wheels and pots?

Yellow River civilization

Who had scribes who would record information on an early form of paper called papyrus?

Nile River civilization

Who created temples for major gods and goddesses called ziggurats?

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers civilizations

Know which form of writing we use today that is similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics

Emoji’s

Know four important details about scribes

They didn’t have to do hard labor, They were educated for 12 years, They didn’t have to join the military and fight the pharaoh’s enemies, Their education wasn’t free

Know which civilization that King Hammurabi lead

Babylonians

Know what the pharaoh’s had built that they would eventually be entombed in

Pyramids of Giza

Know the roles of men and women in Mesopotamia

Women were responsible for maintaining the household, while men worked outside the household

Know the six Sumerian firsts

60 seconds in a minute, 24 hours in a day, Developed the first known form of mathematics, a number system based on 12, 60 minutes in an hour, written language

Know which two river valley civilizations that had Sumerian seals found there suggesting trade

Nile River and Indus River

Know one of the most important non-military achievements by the Assyrian

They built the royal library at Nineveh

Know what present day country Babylon was located in

Iraq

Know which of Hammurabi’s Code that is most like a law used in present day

Code 55 If a man opens a canal for irrigation and neglects it and the water floods a nearby field, he shall pay grain to the owner of the adjacent field

Know what advantages the Hittites developed

They used iron weapons and chariots in battle

Know why Nebuchadnezzar was the most famous Chaldean

He rebuilt Babylon and his grand palace featured the Hanging Gardens

Sheep

Staple livestock for nomadic people, require protection from predators and fresh pasturelands

Goats

Provided milk, meat, hide, and wool, adapted to mountainous environments

Dogs

Non-livestock, kept predators like wolves at bay, admired for their loyalty and courage

Horses

Most beloved by nomadic people, mane and tail used for rope or hides, used as tribute for Chinese emperors

Camels

Beasts of burden in the deserts, made travel along the Silk Road possible

Bovines

Cows/Yaks/Ox, Yaks meat could be consumed fresh or dried, Cows are not used for transportation

Know what polytheistic or polytheism means

The belief in more than one God

Know which metal was formed by combining 2/3 copper and 1/3 tin

Bronze

Know what all four world zones had in common in 3500 BCE

All four world zones had foraging

Know the structure of the Egyptian social hierarchy pyramid from highest to lowest

Pharaoh, Nobles (Officials and Priests),Scribes and Craftspeople, Farmers, Servants, Slaves

King Tutankhman

Tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and taught us much about Egyptian burial practice and beliefs

King Enzana

Aksum's most famous ruler and made Christianity the kingdoms official religion

Piankhi

Believed that the gods wanted him to rule Egypt. By 716 BCE, his kingdom extended from Napata to the Nile Delta

Ramses the Great

Had the temples at Karnak, Luxor, and Abu Simbel built

Queen Shanakh-dakheto

She is believed to be the first woman to rule Kush

Khufu

Best known for the monuments that were built to him (pyramids)

Queen Hatshepsut

Sent Egyptian traders to Punt and Asia Minor and was an Egyptian female pharaoh

Cuneiform

characters formed by the arrangement of small wedge-shaped elements and used in Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian writing

Domestication

the process by which people change plants and animals over time at a genetic level to increase their productivity or other desired traits

Herds

Large groups of domesticated animals like sheep and goats

Hieroglyphics

writing system that uses symbols or pictures to denote objects, concepts, or sounds, originally and especially in the writing system of ancient Egypt

Scribe

a person who was able to read and write, allowing for the creation of written records and messages

Social Hierarchy

an order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top

Chariot

A wheeled carriage powered by horses that was essential for trade and warfare throughout AfroEurasia beginning in about 3000BCE

Metallurgy

The art and science of producing metal goods, all the way from mining and extracting metal from mineral ores to the shaping of metal objects

Textile

Cloth or fabric that is woven, knitted, or otherwise manufactured

Geographic Luck

Jared Diamond's theory that some regions developed rapidly and expanded and conquered much of the world because the natural resources available to them, climate, and geography gave them a early advantage into agriculture before people in other places

Pastoral Nomads

People who depend on domestic livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasture for their animals

Great Arid Zone

The belt of dry and semi-arid land that extends across AfroEurasia from the Sahara Desert in the west to Manchuria in northern China