FORMATIVE MINI ASSESSMENTS
First Grading Period 2009-10
September 22-25
STUDENT NAME _____________________________________________
DATE _____________ PERIOD______
Social Studies – World History
Read each question and choose the best answer. Be sure to mark all of your answers.
1
What did a stable food supply make
possible?
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A A nomadic lifestyle
If you found footprints of young people near
these sculptures, what is the best conclusion
you could reach?
B Cave painting
C Permanent shelters
D The use of fire
F People died at young ages at that time.
2
When Neolithic communities divided jobs
among different people, what did they gain?
G Children were not allowed in the caves.
H Children took part in ceremonies.
F Specialized skills
J
G Free time
People used caves for protection from
attack.
H Fewer enemies
J
Larger populations
5
What was not a result of people developing
specialized skills?
A Moving more often in search of food
3
For what was Hammurabi best known?
B Improving the quality of what they made
A A code of manners
C Making things beautiful rather than just
useful
B A dress code
C A code of laws
D Morse code
D Trading with other people for different
things
World History:
World History FMA September 09
Questions adapted from Teacher's Curriculum Institute History Alive! The Ancient World
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6
Think about this: "Researchers tried singing
inside one painted cave in France. They
discovered that the sound was loudest in the
areas that were painted." What is the most
accurate conclusion you can draw based on
this evidence?
9
How did ancient Egyptian settlements
benefit by being surrounded by desert?
A The desert made trade and travel easy.
B The desert had good land for growing
crops.
F These areas of the cave were often deep
in the ground.
C The desert had plants sheep could graze
on.
G People probably gathered to talk while
they painted in these areas of the cave.
D The desert offered protection from
invaders.
H These areas of the cave were where
bison lived.
J
7
People probably lived in these areas of
the cave.
10 Based on the map, what can you conclude
about the Jewish people's trip from Egypt to
Canaan?
What was the most important thing the Nile
River offered ancient Egyptians and
Kushites?
A Excellent swimming
B Desert
C Freshwater
D Mountains
8
What changed people's lives most during the
Neolithic Age?
F They trained animals to protect them.
G They developed agriculture.
H They developed language.
F They used boats for most of the trip.
J
G They took the most direct route
available.
They wove fabric for clothes.
H The journey took many years.
J
World History:
World History FMA September 09
Questions adapted from Teacher's Curriculum Institute History Alive! The Ancient World
The journey took the lives of many
people.
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