What is a topographic map?

a representation of physical features on Earth

A system of ranking people by class based on jobs

Hammurabi’s code is important in world history because it was an early________?

written list of laws that controlled people's daily life and behavior

Early writing system from Mesopotamia

A person who moves following food sources

Why was this region known as the "fertile crescent?"

Because of its shape and rich farmlands.

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Paleolithic, Neolithic & Early River Civilizations

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A review of the Paleolithic Era, Neolithic Revolution, and Early River Civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, India & China.

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1
Why was Mohenjo Daro special?
It was the first city in the world
It had the great bath
It was a well-planned city
It wasn't special
2
All the following are reasons why the Neolithic Revolution a turning point EXCEPT
domestication of animals
creation of settlements
war became more regular
birth of agriculture
3
The first civilization developed in the
Egypt
China
Indus Valley
Fertile Crescent
4
What is a topographic map?
map that shows political boundaries
map that shows climate regions
projection of the globe onto a flat map
a representation of physical features on Earth
5
Social Hierarchy
A group of people who survive by following food sources
A system of ranking people by class based on jobs
Worshiping or believing in more than one god
The process by which people change plants and animals over time
6
Hammurabi’s code is important in world history because it was an early________?
record-keeping system that enabled the Phoenicians to become great traders
form of writing that could be used to record important events
written list of laws that controlled people's daily life and behavior
set of symbols
7
What is cuneiform?
Early writing system from Mesopotamia
Laws from the Indus Valley
Religious code of the Egyptians
Social hierarchy of China
8
Objects made by humans like tools, buildings, weapons, art and clothing are typically called
Remains
Objects
Artifacts
Really old stuff
9
What is a nomad?
A person who farms
A person who is settled in one location
A person who stops to smell the flowers
A person who moves following food sources
10
The Egyptian shaduf is most connected to which term?
Civilization
Domestication
Book of the Dead
Irrigation
11
All the following are locations for early river civilizations EXCEPT
Sumer
Egypt
China
Spain
12
Why was this region known as the "fertile crescent?"
Because of its shape and rich farmlands.
Because of the large population.
They worshiped a lunar goddess.
Because it got a lot of moonlight.
13
Which 2 rivers serve as borders to the Fertile Crescent?
Tigris & Euphrates
Nile & Indus
Nile & Euphrates
Tigris & Yellow
14
The act of changing a wild plant or animal so it can be grown/raised by human
Domestication
Hunting and gathering
Agriculture
Pet-ifying
15
The first humans lived in
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
16
What would a political map show?
mountains
rivers
cities
animals
17
One who gets their food by killing wild animals and collecting wild fruit, vegetables & nuts
Farmers
Hunter-Gatherer
Anthropologist
Slaves
18
What type of irrigation technique is being shown?
Canals
Shaduf
Aquaducts
Terraces
19
Polytheistic means
belief in one god
belief in Mother Nature
belief in no god
belief in many gods/goddesses
20
Which is NOT an important/necessary characteristic of a civilization?
Job specialization
Social hierarchy
Military draft
Religion

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