How did storing food have an impact on hunter-gatherers?

Storing food made people stay in one place longer

Why were hieroglyphics a significant advancement in Egyptian society?

Hieroglyphics and pictures enabled them to share ideas

The Mesopotamians used this engineering innovation to help make the most out of their rivers:

Irrigation ditches to direct and control flooding

Multiple early forms of writing developed from:

Pictures to represent ideas (pictograms, hieroglyphics)

What did Socrates mean by "The unexamined life is not worth living" ?

Asking questions leads to growth

Why was the Battle of Thermopylae significant?

It slowed the Persian advance into Greece

Why was Hammurabi's code significant?

It is significant because it was the first set of laws

Were all people and social classes treated equally under Hammurabi's code?

No: there were different punishments for slaves and nobles

Why was cuneiform significant to early civilizations:

Cuneiform allowed for record keeping and sharing ideas

The main difference between the Paleolithic Age and Neolithic age is

Switching from hunting and gathering to growing food

Why did Alexander the Great's empire collapse

It was too big, they could not oversee the whole thing

studbud

World History Unit 1 and 2 Review

18 termsStudBud Administration494 plays

Imported from external platform

Flashcards18 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 18

Answers

1
These seafaring people of the Mediterranean were famous for their alphabet, culture, and trade:
Scythians
Ionians
Phoenicians
Achaemenids
2
How did storing food have an impact on hunter-gatherers?
Storing food directly led to cities as centers of trade
Raids became more frequent so tribes could loot food
Storing food made people stay in one place longer
People began to hunt far more animals to insure fresh food
3
The form of government that gives control of the state to religious figures is known as a(n):
Theocracy
Totalitarianism
Direct Democracy
Oligarchy
4
Why were hieroglyphics a significant advancement in Egyptian society?
Each picture became a number or letter in the first alphabet
Hieroglyphics gave rise to the first artists
Hieroglyphics were not an aspect of Egyptian society
Hieroglyphics and pictures enabled them to share ideas
5
The Mesopotamians used this engineering innovation to help make the most out of their rivers:
Irrigation ditches to direct and control flooding
The Mesopotamians had no rivers to make the most out of
Calendars to record flood levels
Advanced sailboats and star charting
6
The geography of Ancient Greece forced them to focus on this military strategy:
A strong Navy
Hired mercenaries
Use of the Phalanx
Iron-tipped weapons
7
Multiple early forms of writing developed from:
Sticks and triangles used to make letters
Cuneiform
Pictures to represent ideas (pictograms, hieroglyphics)
Out of body and sign language
8
Which of the following contributed to the development of sustainable agriculture:
Building shelters for protection from nature
Discovery of fire
Creation of better tools and weapons for hunting
Domestication of animals
9
What did Socrates mean by "The unexamined life is not worth living" ?
Asking questions is irrelevant to life
We'll never understand the world on our own
It is better to remain ignorant than always asking questions
Asking questions leads to growth
10
Why was the Battle of Thermopylae significant?
It resulted in the deaths of every Spartan
It slowed the Persian advance into Greece
It resulted in a major Persian victory for Darius I
It resulted in the burning of Thebes
11
By allowing all men to vote, Athens government most resembled a:
Oligarchy
Dictator
Tyranny
Democracy
12
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are examples of:
Collections of interviews from soldiers and generals
Eyewitness accounts of the Trojan War
Lies meant to trick and deceive the Greek people
Epic poems
13
Why was Hammurabi's code significant?
It was important because Hammurabi wrote the laws himself
It was important because it resulted in thousands of deaths
It's punishments were so harsh that nobody broke the law
It is significant because it was the first set of laws
14
Were all people and social classes treated equally under Hammurabi's code?
No: certain laws didn't apply to nobles
Yes: equal punishments for all
No: certain laws didn't apply to slaves
No: there were different punishments for slaves and nobles
15
Why was cuneiform significant to early civilizations:
Cuneiform allowed for record keeping and sharing ideas
Cuneiform advanced Mesopotamian technology
Cuneiform was used to record the Iliad and Odyssey
Cuneiform was only important to the Indus Valley
16
This Neolithic development enabled civilizations to sustain large populations and specialize:
Agricultural Surplus
Efficient Centralized Government
Theocratic Leadership
Laws mandating equality amongst social classes
17
The main difference between the Paleolithic Age and Neolithic age is
Switching from hunting and gathering to growing food
A change from bronze to iron
There is no main difference between the two other than time
The discovery of fire
18
Why did Alexander the Great's empire collapse
His empire was overrun by the Mongols
Alexander the Great died along with his empire
His empire did not collapse
It was too big, they could not oversee the whole thing

World History Unit 1 and 2 Review Flashcards | StudBud