S.S. Midterm Review (Heilig)

What does an archeologist study?

What did the Assyrians use siege techniques, battering rams, and movable towers for?

Which empire was known for trading?

What is another name for the Paleolithic Age?

What is an example of literature?

How were communities different in the Paleolithic Age than Neolithic Age? 

What does "Specialization of Labor" mean?

What is the definition of literature?

What product is produced in Asia?

Where were the earliest fossils found?

The city-states of Mesopotamia may have once again had a period of independence, during__ to ___.

What discovery began the Paleolithic Age?

Why did Sumerians use levees, canal, and dams?  

What does “Stable Food Supply” mean?

What is a human made feature of geography?

What is an example of Stable Food Supply?

One battle in a specific marked the end of one empire and the beginning of another. Who was the winner and loser?

What does prehistoric mean?

What does “System of Government” mean?

What natural features is the north of the Persian Gulf?

What made the Babylonian society unique for its time?

What is economy?

Why did Nebuchadrezzar build two walls, some towers, and a moat around his capital?

What is an example of System of Government?

What is Hammurabi best known for?

What does a Historian study? 

How did they get food in the Paleolithic Age?

What is the chart displaying?

Why did Northern Mesopotamians move to the valley?  

What is a Social Structure (Level)?

What product do they produce in Catal Hoyuk?

Why did Sumerians build moats and walls around their cities?

What discovery ENDED the Paleolithic Age?

What was a problem all four Mesopotamian empires had difficulty with?

What were aqueducts used for?

What is an example of Social Structure (Level)?

What is another name for the Neolithic Age?

The Sumerians were a civilization but NOT an empire because -----

What would an archeologist would be interested in?

How did they get food in the Neolithic Age?

What would a historian would be interested in?

Why were Sumerian settlements called city-states?

 What happened when people from many villages used the irrigation system?

What does a geographer study?

What does the word “Mesopotamia” mean?

The periods of Hittite rule fell between the height of the _ and _ Empire

What would a geographer would be interested in?

If I were traveling from the Red Sea to the Nile River, what direction would I go?

What is an example of "writing"?

What did the Akkadians use for steles?

Where are the Zagros Mountains located in comparison to Mesopotamia?  

Why were Sumerians NOT prehistoric?

What is an example of a Specialization of Labor?

What is Highly Developed Culture?

What city was a trade center?

King Sargon created the world's first -----

What is the defintion of "writing"?

What is an example of natural made feature of geography?