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The keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis is as ____
Neolithic Agricultre
Paleolithic agriculture
Domestic Agriculture
Systematic Agriculture
2
The earliest governments are best described as _____.
democracies
dictatorships
monarchies
principalities
3
Who led Governments in early civilizations?
Priests
Artisans
Warriors
Monarchs
4
This ruler united Upper/Lower Egypt
Menes
Tut
Ramses II
Piye
5
Advantages of Nile’s yearly flooding...
Irrigated during the dry season
Grew papyrus
Created hieroglyphics
Became successful farmers
6
____ Were skilled workers who made products such as weapons and jewelry
Priests
Artisans
Anthropologists
Farmers
7
Many Egyptians believed that after you died you went....
to bed
to the afterlife
to heaven
to hell
8
Where was Mesopatamia located?
What is now Europe
What is now Mexico
What is now Middle East
9
How did early humans adapt in order to survive?
Following animals migrations
Keeping records
Living in Isolation
Painting cave art
10
A process of embalming and drying corpses.
Dehydrating
Mummification
Cremation
11
Although there were earlier law codes, the Code of _________ is the most complete
Christianity
Hammurabi
Judaism
12
Why were Paleolithic people nomads?
Rival groups drove each other out of settled areas
They had to follow animal migration
They had to look for more habitable climates
Fear of enemies kept them moving
13
What continent is Egypt located in?
Europe
Australia
Africa
Asia
14
A tall reed that grows in the Nile delta is called what? Used to write on like paper
papyrus
bamboo
parchment
15
The temple was often built atop a massive stepped tower called a
Monastary
Ziggurat
Teepee
16
Kings held great power, their families lived in a palace, and
they took all their peoples crops and sold them for the themselves
they led armies, public works, irrigation projects,the gov.t
they captured their people and sold them as slaves
17
Polytheism or Polytheistic means what in relation to religion:
belief in more than one god.
belief in one god
18
How did Mesopotamia control the flow of rivers (Tigris and Euphrates in the fertile crescent)?
Built cement across the rivers
Drained the rivers
Irrigation and drainage ditches/stopped flooding
19
Archeologist study ____, or objects made by humans
Rivers
Artifacts
Oceans
Animals
20
The most prominent building in the Sumerian city was the temple dedicated to the
the queen who owned the temple
chief god or goddess to the city.
slaves who lived in the temple
21
Where did many early civilizations develop?
Mountain Valleys
Forest
Deserts
River Valley
22
Craft specializations emerged as a result of _____.
surplus agricultural production
advanced tool making
the trading of goods
the building of houses
23
What river runs along Egypt?
Nile
Indus River
Red sea
Mississippi
24
What religion did Ancient Egypt practice?
Polytheism
Buddhism
Christianity
Daoism
25
Which type of scientist uses fossils and artifacts to study early humans?
Geologists
Chemists
Anthropologists
Physics
26
What two rivers created mesopatamia
Yangtze and Delta
Rhine and Nile
Nile and Mississippi
Euphratese and Tigris
27
Which invention made hunting easier for early humans?
The Spear
Cave art
Farming
Fire
28
Why was Egypt so successful?
they had a big population
they were great rulers
they had access to water
29
Gilgamesh was an epic poem about everlasting life, search for immortality. What is the importance of the story today?
epic poem of a dinasaur and a caveman
First known written story
story of a special beast and his friend a dog
30
Which hominids do scientist believe were probably the first to leave Africa?
Homo Erectus
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
Neanderthals
Australoptihecus
31
What are you looking at?
the great sphinx
temple
pharaoh
32
Why was writing so important:
to keep records and pass knowledge for generations to come
to keep all the learning in the kings vault
to write letters to America
33
What was the one indicator of early farming villages?
Domestication of animals
Hunting
Creating painting in Caves
Eating cooked food
34
The Nile River’s flooding could be described as
predictable/necessary
Destructive
Rare
Unpredictable
35
What was Mesopatamia also known as:
the cradle of civilization
the city of Sumer
The city of Akkadia
36
What were the purpose of pyramids?
they were tombs for the rich
to hide their riches
for show
37
Early hominids used fire to _____.
flush animals out of caves and then kill them
create a sense of community
protect against attack by dangerous animals
all of the above
38
A(n) ___ is a culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements.
Government
Economy
civilization
Village
39
Why was Ancient Egypt able to have long lasting dynasties?
They made qa deal with every other kingdom
Had the greatest army in the world
No one knew they existed
Natural barriers like desserts and seas
40
What is it called when a series of rulers come from a single blood line (family)?
Dynasty
Pharoahs
Culture
41
Ancient Egypt's writing system was called what?
spanish
english
hierogplyphics
cave man paintings
42
What was the Code of Hammurabi written on
rock tablets kept at the temple to be interpreted by priests
a 7ft monument carved in the middle of the city
paper that only goverment officals could see
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Mesopatamia was creative with mud bricks, shaped by hand, left to dry in the sun they made what with?
Pyramids
bridges and roads
Buildings, like homes and other living structres
