Tuesday, August 2, 2011

please help with Social Studies?

1.
The Gilgamesh stories come from the ancient city of Sumer. Sumer was located in (1 point)

* Mesopotamia.
* Egypt.
* Greece.
* India.

2.
Mesopotamia's climate was (1 point)

* temperate.
* always cold.
* hot and dry.
* tropical.

3.
People who study and write about the human past are called (1 point)

* scribes.
* historians.
* astronomers.
* nomads.

4.
The center of the Chaldean empire was at (1 point)

* Nineveh.
* Jericho.
* Çatal Hüyük.
* Babylon.

Use the quote below to answer questions 5–7.

"If any one be too lazy to keep his dam in proper condition, and does not so keep it; if then the dam break and all the fields be flooded, then shall he in whose dam the break occurred be sold for money, and the money shall replace the corn which he has caused to be ruined."
— Code of Hammurabi, Article 53
5.
The punishment for allowing one's dam to flood everyone's fields is (1 point)

* to pay for ruined crops.
* 60 lashes in the public square.
* to be sold into slavery.
* both A and C

6.
What condition does this law cover? (1 point)

* accident
* fault through laziness
* earthquakes
* all of the above

7.
Who gets the money from the penalty? (1 point)

* the criminal's family
* the royal treasury
* the owners of the ruined corn
* none of the above

8.
Who studies artifacts and fossils to help them understand the past? (1 point)

* astronomers
* anthropologists
* historiographers
* archaeologists

Use the map below to answer questions 9–11.

ss6_02_unittest2_MongolEmpire
9.
What territory lies east of Samarkand? (1 point)

* territory of Persia
* territory of the Golden Horde
* territory of Chagatai
* territory of the Great Khan

10.
In which territory was Samarkand located? (1 point)

* territory of the Golden Horde
* territory of Chagatai
* territory of the Great Khan
* territory of Persia

11.
Approximately how wide was the Mongol Empire, measuring from Hangzhou to Kiev? (1 point)

* 2,500 miles
* 6,500 miles
* 1,000 miles
* 4,500 miles

Use the time line below to answer questions 12–14.

ss6_02_unittest1new_chinatimeline
12.
Under which dynasty was the Grand Canal built? (1 point)

* Sui
* Tang
* Song
* Ming

13.
How long was the Civil War? (1 point)

* 67 years
* 100 years
* 53 years
* 698 years

14.
What year comes after 693 B.C.? (1 point)

* 694 B.C.
* 692 B.C.

15.
A source that was created by someone who witnessed the events is called a (1 point)

* secondary source.
* reliable source.
* primary source.
* biased source.

16.
An atlas is a (1 point)

* map of the world
* key on a map
* special globe
* book of maps

17.
Why do some historians consider the farming revolution to be the most important event in human history? (3 points)
18.
Describe some of the military accomplishments of the Assyrians. (3 points)
19.
Name and give an example of three of the five themes of geography. (3 points)


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