Unit 1: Early Humans and the Rise of Civilization

Question 1

What trait made Homo erectus well suited for traveling?

Accepted Answer

long, strong leg bones

Question 2

The Sumerians were a civilization but not an empire. What feature did the other empires have that the Sumerians lacked?

Accepted Answer

One government ruled several groups.

Question 3

How did people in the Paleolithic Age get their food?

Accepted Answer

by hunting and gathering

Question 4

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?

Accepted Answer

They cooperated to keep the water system working.

Question 5

Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

Accepted Answer

Each of them had its own ruler and farmland.

Question 6

Social scientists are scholars who study

Accepted Answer

human society

Question 7

What advantage over previous hominin groups did the invention of the spear thrower give to early modern humans?

Accepted Answer

to kill animals from a distance

Question 8

Which question about the past does cave art most help to answer?

Accepted Answer

What animals lived in the area?

Question 9

A problem that all four Mesopotamian empires has was difficulty in

Accepted Answer

controlling such a large area

Question 10

Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many early settlements?

Accepted Answer

The soil was good for crops.

Question 11

How did dividing up the work help communities produce more to meet their needs?

Accepted Answer

Individuals developed a variety of skills.

Question 12

What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals?

Accepted Answer

They had a stable food supply.

Question 13

Which Sumerian belief about the king helped strengthen the social order?

Accepted Answer

He was supported by the gods.

Question 14

What was the purpose of Assyrian aqueducts?

Accepted Answer

to bring water to the city

Question 15

What was the main use of the items listed here? 1. Drums 2. Pipes 3. Lyres

Accepted Answer

entertainment

Question 16

Large brains helped Homo sapiens neanderthalensis survive, giving them the ability to

Accepted Answer

design better tools

Question 17

What evidence found by archeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric?

Accepted Answer

written records

Question 18

If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?

Accepted Answer

to prevent floods

Question 19

Which of these activities would an archaeologist most likely do?

Accepted Answer

examine objects

Question 20

How did the Akkadians get the resources to build up their capital city?

Accepted Answer

collected tribute from conquered peoples

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

to protect the city from attacks

Question 22

The bones of a number of hominins were found in one location. Scientists concluded that this type of hominin probably

Accepted Answer

lived in groups

Question 23

Which statement about Homo habilis (Handy Man) describes a capability that helped their group survive?

Accepted Answer

They knew how to make tools.

Question 24

Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?

Accepted Answer

to write down the laws

Question 25

What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?

Accepted Answer

increase in population

Unit 1: Early Humans and the Rise of Civilization

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