Tuesday, December 11, 2012

final exam HISTORY study guide 7th grade

Here is the study guide for 7th grade.  Please see the note on the 6th grade study guide for more information.


Be able to describe the major achievements of the following people:
Hammurabi:_________________________________________________________________
Gilgamesh:__________________________________________________________________
Shulgi:_____________________________________________________________________
Enheduanna:_________________________________________________________________
Nebuchadnezzar II:_____________________________________________________________
Ashurnasirpal II:______________________________________________________________
Sargon:_____________________________________________________________________
Sin-leqe-unnini:_______________________________________________________________
Solomon:____________________________________________________________________
David:_____________________________________________________________________
Omri:______________________________________________________________________
Saul:______________________________________________________________________
Puabi:_____________________________________________________________________
Joseph:____________________________________________________________________
Moses:_____________________________________________________________________
Cyrus:_____________________________________________________________________
Tira-Il:_____________________________________________________________________
Darius I:___________________________________________________________________
Noah:_____________________________________________________________________
Mebaragesi:_________________________________________________________________

List 3 key facets of the justice system in Ancient Mesopotamia.

List the five major regions of Ancient Mesopotamia.

Say one thing you learned about each one of these professions in Ancient Mesopotamia:
workers:______________________________________________________________________
slaves:_______________________________________________________________________
professionals:__________________________________________________________________
marriage:_____________________________________________________________________
palace life:____________________________________________________________________
education:_____________________________________________________________________
scribes:_______________________________________________________________________
houses:_______________________________________________________________________

Circle the correct answer for the following sentences/questions.
1. Archaeologists rarely find things made of metal because
a. it rapidly deteriorates
b. they don’t have the technology
c. metal detectors are too expensive
d. it’s often stolen by grave-robbers

2. The Mesopotamians lived near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers because
a. the rest of the region was too lush
b. the rest of the region was desert
c. they lacked imagination
d. the rest of the region was tundra

3. Two of the earliest important innovations in Mesopotamia were
a. the Mayan calendar and the plow
b. sliced bread and clay pots
c. the potter’s wheel and the plow
d. the potter’s wheel and the wagon

4. The major events of the invention of writing happened in the following order
a. pictures used to represent nounsàclay tokens used to represent ownershipàsymbols used for syllables
b. symbols used for syllablesàclay tokens used to represent ownershipàpictures used to represent nouns
c. clay tokens used to represent ownershipàsymbols used for syllablesàpictures used to represent nouns
d. clay tokens used to represent ownershipàpictures used to represent nounsàsymbols used for syllables

5. The first known author is
a. Enheduanna
b. Sargon
c. Hammurabi
d. Shulgi

6. The Sumerian King List is
a. entirely factual because it is a primary source
b. not entirely factual because it says early kings ruled for 1000+ years
c. not entirely factual because it says Hammurabi wrote the first laws
d. entirely false

7. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” is about
a. a dog stolen from his home and forced to work in Alaska
b. Gilgamesh praying to the moon god Inanna
c. Gilgamesh  going on adventures with his best friend, Enkidu
d. Gilgamesh leading Ur

8. Sargon was the world’s first
a. empire-builder
b. wall-builder
c. law-builder
d. king

9. ___________________ made the first written laws.
a. Hammurabi
b. Shulgi
c. Gilgamesh
d. Sargon

10. The ancient Mesopotamian justice system included
a. many lawyers
b. many juries
c. many contracts
d. many gavels

11. One way kings did not cement friendships across nations was
a. send their daughters to marry foreign kings
b. write to each other on clay tablets
c. lend each other their city’s god statues
d. lend each other books

12. An orchard is composed of
a. food-producing trees or rubber trees
b. only food-producing tress
c. only rubber trees
d. none of the above

13. The kingdom of Babylon was destroyed in 1595 BCE by the
a. Sumerians
b. Hittites
c. Kassites
d. Akkadians

14. The conquerors of Babylon did all of the following except
a. take the city’s gold and silver
b. enslave the city’s people
c. rule the city after its defeat
d. take the city’s god statues

15. The Kassite language tells us a lot about
a. epic stories
b. modern Indo-European languages
c. the Hittites
d. the Babylonians

On a separate sheet of paper,
1. Describe the Narmer Palette, physically and symbolically.
2. Describe how Egyptians treated their pharaohs (use quotes from a primary source).
3. Describe what the Egyptians thought the Nile did for them.
4. Tell the story of how the Egyptians built pyramids and when.
1. Describe Hatshepsut’s reign (particularly the three things she had to do in order to be a good pharaoh).
2. Describe Akhenaten’s reign (particularly in relation to the three pillars of Ancient Egypt.)
3. Tell Tutankhamen’s story (tell particularly about his death.)
4. Tell the story of the Battle of Qadesh.



Fill in the following chart.
Major Time Periods in Ancient Egypt
Name of Time Period
Years
Dynasties in Power
































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