How did irrigation help early civilizations?

people could supply water to crops

Farming in ancient civilizations led to a surplus of food, which

allowed civilizations to emerge

nomadic group that created a new Indian society

Why did hunter-gatherer communities move around a lot?

they moved for food and resources

a pyramid shaped tower under a Sumerian temple

What does it mean to be nomadic?

to move from place to place without settling permanently

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1
The Tigris and Euphrates are examples of which of the following terms?
city-states
gods
rivers
mountains
2
How did irrigation help early civilizations?
people could change the weather
people developed a new religion
people learned how to raise farm animals
people could supply water to crops
3
The civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia
were ruled by an aristocracy
were located in Asia
were located in Africa
were polytheistic in religion
4
What were Egyptian rulers called?
pharoahs
presidents
priests
ziggurats
5
Farming in ancient civilizations led to a surplus of food, which
allowed civilizations to emerge
caused overpopulation
produced inflation
often rotted, causing illness
6
The Mesopotamian religion, which had nearly three thousand gods, can be described as
ziggurat
polytheistic
cuneiform
patriarchal
7
Which of the following was not used by hunter-gatherers?
spears
artwork
written language
fire
8
Who are the Aryans?
nomadic group that created a new Indian society
the relatives of the Harappans
the first religious leaders of India
founders of Buddhism
9
Historians believe that the first humans lived in which of the following areas?
Asia
Europe
Africa
the Americas
10
The raising of animals to use as food and labor is known as
domestication
hunting
herding
ranching
11
Ancient Sumerian writing was known as
ziggurat
phonics
hieroglyphics
cuneiform
12
Hammurabi is remembered for
creating a library
inventing the first wooden wheel
creating a code of laws
overthrowing the Egyptian empire
13
Egyptian history is divided into three major periods, known as the
Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms
First, Second, and Last Kingdoms
Upper, Lower, and Middle Kingdoms
First, Second, and Third Kingdoms
14
The first empire in world history was the
Eskimo
British
Akkadian
Sumerian
15
Why did hunter-gatherer communities move around a lot?
they liked to explore new territory
they moved for food and resources
areas became too crowded with other groups
they liked to live near the water
16
Early hunters and gatherers were able to move into colder climates by the use of
fire
weapons
tools
horses
17
What is a ziggurat?
a town in a river valley civilization
a large town in the Indus River valley
an animal that worked in the fields pulling a plow
a pyramid shaped tower under a Sumerian temple
18
The Nile River flows through
China
Sumer
Babylon
Egypt
19
The invention of cuneiform is credited to
the Spanish
the Sumerians
the Phoenicians
the Egyptians
20
What does it mean to be nomadic?
to build a village in a river valley
to raise animals and grow crops
to grow corn to sell within one's community
to move from place to place without settling permanently
21
The first technology was
stone tools
metal tools
fire
iron

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