Ethnicity Culture Religion Traditions

1. Language, common values, traditions, government, art, literature, and lifestyles are basic components of • Ethnicity • Culture • Religion • Traditions

2. Culture

3. Culture is a people’s • Way of life • Technology • Region • Geography

4. Way of life

5. Which is a primary source for learning about pioneer life? • A history textbook • An encyclopedia article • A book based on pioneers’ stories • A letter by a pioneer woman

6. D. A letter by a pioneer woman

7. I dig up historical sites and study the remains of past cultures, who am I? • Historian • Archaeologist • Geologist • Anthropologist

8. Archaeologist

9. I study the earth and how it is made, who am I? • Historian • Archaeologist • Geologist • Anthropologist

10. Geologist

11. The work of historians is similar to that of detectives because they both • Display artifacts in museums • Create primary sources • Use clues to solve mysteries • Study ancient cultures

12. Use clues to solve mysteries

13. Who began the Judaism religion? • Jesus • Muhammad • Abraham • Siddhartha Guatama

14. Abraham

15. Who was the founder of Christianity? • Jesus • Muhammad • Abraham • Siddhartha Guatama

16. Jesus

17. Who began the Islam religion? • Jesus • Muhammad • Abraham • Siddhartha Guatama

18. Muhammad

19. Who began the Buddhist religion? • Jesus • Muhammad • Abraham • Siddhartha Guatama

20. Siddhartha Guatama

21. Who received the 10 commandments from God? • Abraham • Muhammad • Moses • Jesus

22. Moses

23. If you tame a wild animal and use it to help mankind, you would ______ this animal. • Agriculture • Domesticate • Technology • Specialize

24. Domesticate

25. Which of these occurs in a barter economy? • A. Workers trade services for goods. • B. Employers pay workers with checks or cash. • C. Banks loan money to new businesses. • D. Families use credit cards to buy goods.

26. A. Workers trade services for goods.

27. According to the Bible, this Hebrew prophet grew up in Egypt and traveled to Mount Sinai, where he was given the Torah • Giglamesh • Hammurabi • Abraham • Moses

28. Moses

29. This person was an important hero to the Sumerians. • Giglamesh • Hammurabi • Abraham • Moses

30. Gilgamesh

31. This king of Babylon dammed parts of the Euphrates River and attacked the Sumerians. He also wrote a set of laws. • Giglamesh • Hammurabi • Abraham • Moses

32. Hammurabi

33. The Code of Hammurabi was a • Set of laws • Form of writing • Type of alphabet • System of taxes

34. Set of laws

35. A system of writing made up of about 800 picture signs • Hieroglyphics • Cuneiform • Papyrus • Latin

36. Hieroglyphics

37. Technology learned by the Egyptian’s to water their crops • Silt • Irrigation • Windmills • Deltas

38. Irrigation

39. A system of writing that was developed in Sumer(Mesopotamia) • Hieroglyphics • Pictoforms • Cuneiform • Latin

40. Cuneiform

41. The oldest books that are associated with the Hindu religion are the • Koran • Holy Bible • Vedas • 4 Noble Truths

42. Vedas

43. Menes was the pharaoh who • Unified Egypt • Conquered Mesopotamia • Invented hieroglyphics • Destroyed Egyptian culture

44. Unified Egypt

45. Shihuangdi helped to unify China by setting up a single system of • Farming • Irrigation • Schools • Writing

46. Writing

47. All of the below were most helpful in improving peoples’ abilities to • A. Grow more food crops • B. Use weapons for hunting • C. Move from place to place • D. Communicate with each other. • Cuneiform • Hieroglyphics • Pictographs • Characters

48. Communicate with each other

49. An oligarchy is governed by • A single ruler or king • Leaders elected by all the people • A small group of wealthy powerful men • A respected scholar or teacher

50. A small group of wealthy powerful men