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4. Clickerdy Hunter- Gatherer MesopotamiaMap Paleo/Neo Miscellaneous $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 Scores 12 Final

5. Hunter-Gatherers 200 Points Which of the following is true of hunter- gatherers?

6. Category Selection 1.They had powerful kings who kept order 2.They believed in myths that helped them understand the world 3.They used money to get what they needed 4.They were monotheistic.

7. Mesopotamia 200 Points What made it harder to live in Sumer than in the Zagros foothills?

8. Category Selection 1.Sumer lacked strong people 2.Sumer had too many hills 3.Sumer lacked natural barriers to protect them 4.Sumer had too many stones in the farmland

9. Map 200 Points On any map, what MUST be present in order to tell absolute location?

10. Category Selection 1.Latitude and Longitude 2.Country borders 3.A scale 4.A compass rose

11. Paleo/Neo 200 Points If you were building a place to live in the Neolithic Age, what would be the best way to protect yourself from animal attacks?

12. Category Selection 1.Build shelter in a river valley 2.Put doorways high up in the walls 3.Make shelter from animal hides 4.Live in places where only small animals live

13. Miscellaneous 200 Points The Neolithic Age began with the development of _________?

14. Category Selection 1.Hunting 2.Farming 3.Metal tools 4.Stone tools

15. Hunter-Gatherer 400 Points The hunter-gatherer had one domesticated animal, the ______.

16. Category Selection 1.Cow 2.Horse 3.Goat 4.Dog

17. Mesopotamia 400 Points Early Mesopotamia was found around and between these rivers.

18. Category Selection 1.Huang he & Tigris 2.Euphrates & Nile 3.Tigris & Euphrates 4.Tigris & Nile

19. Map 400 Points Today, the ancient city of Jericho can be found in _______.

20. Category Selection 1.Iraq 2.Turkey 3.Israel 4.Egypt

21. Paleo/Neo 400 Points Why did people live in larger communities during the Neolithic Age than in earlier times?

22. Category Selection 1.They had better ways of getting along 2.They could trade 3.They needed more people for hunting 4.They could grow enough food to support more people

23. Miscellaneous 400 Points Which was NOT true of early cities?

24. Category Selection 1.Sanitation was poor 2.Disease was common 3.Everyone had equal rights 4.Livestock lived in the same homes as people

25. Hunter-Gatherer 600 Points Hunter gatherers used fire for all of these except

26. Category Selection 1.Keeping warm 2.Cooking 3.Melting metal 4.Providing light

27. Mesopotamia 600 Points Which was NOT a result of people developing specialized skills?

28. Category Selection 1.Improving the quality of what they made 2.Making things useful AND beautiful 3.Moving more often in search of food 4.Trading with others for different things

29. Map 600 Points Today, the ancient city of Catal Hoyuk can be found in ______.

30. Category Selection 1.Turkey 2.Iraq 3.Egypt 4.Israel

31. Paleo/Neo 600 Points What was the greatest benefit when people began farming?

32. Category Selection 1.Better-tasting food 2.Enough water for crops 3.More time to relax 4.Stable food supply

33. Miscellaneous 600 Points Ten square miles of land can support this amount of hunter-gatherers or this amount of farmers.

34. Category Selection 1.1 hunter gatherer and 800 farmers 2.1 h-g & 80 farmers 3.5 h-g & 80 farmers 4.5 h-g & 800 farmers

35. Hunter-Gatherer 800 Points Which of these was NOT true of hunter- gatherers?

36. Category Selection 1.They lived in caves or other temporary shelter 2.They lived in small groups of 10 – 12 adults 3.They lived in a small territory 4.They spent most of their time looking for food

37. Mesopotamia 800 Points Why did people start building rectangular, rather than circular, homes?

38. Category Selection 1.Circular houses were hard to insulate 2.Circular houses couldn’t be easily expanded 3.Circular houses went out of style 4.Circular houses didn’t provide enough protection

39. Map 800 Points Many archeologists agree that the first part of the world to have agriculture was _____.

40. The first part of the world to have agriculture was _____. Category Selection 1.Middle America 2.Europe 3.Middle East 4.China

41. Paleo/Neo 800 Points Which of the following is true about life in Paleolithic times?

42. Category Selection 1.People developed specialized skills 2.People spent most of their time finding food 3.People lived in permanent structures 4.People lived in large communities and moved frequently

43. Miscellaneous 800 Points BC = _____; AD = _____

44. Category Selection 1.Paleolithic; Neolithic 2.CE; BCE 3.BCE; CE 4.Before Christ; After Death

45. Hunter-Gatherer 1000 Points During which of the following time periods were you MOST likely to encounter a hunter- gatherer?

46. Category Selection 1.Common Era 2.Paleolithic 3.Neolithic 4.AD

47. Mesopotamia 1000 Points The “council of elders” in early Mesopotamia was the earliest form of ___________.

48. The “council of elders” was the earliest form of ___________. Category Selection 1.medicine 2.religion 3.government 4.economy

49. Map 1000 Points In agricultural communities, some people farmed while others did other jobs. This led to the development of ______.

50. Category Selection 1.specialization 2.domestication 3.surplus 4.livestock

51. Paleo/Neo 1000 Points Which of the following MOST likely happened to Neolithic traders as they traveled?

52. Category Selection 1.They became better hunters 2.They invented an alphabet 3.They made a lot of money 4.They found out how other groups lived

53. Miscellaneous 1000 Points Early Mesopotamians’ irrigation systems were getting clogged with silt and mud. What was their response?

54. Category Selection 1.Each village cooperated with others to maintain the entire irrigation system. 2.They used slaves to maintain the irrigation system for them. 3.Each village maintained only the canals around them. 4.They returned to hunting and gathering.

55. Scores so far (or skip to final scores)final scores

56. Team Scores 1 Category Selection PointsTeamPointsTeam

57. Team Scores 2 Category Selection PointsTeamPointsTeam

58. Final Team Scores PointsTeamPointsTeam

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