What was one of the symbols of status in early civilizations?

Elaborate burials and gifts for the after-life

What were the earliest known civilizations and when did they appear?

Mesopotamia, Egypt and Norte Chico 3500 B.C.E.

What was one of the main reasons hierarchy and the erosion of equality started?

Agricultural wealth was stocked up instead of spread out

Which of these was a diadvantage of animal domestication?

Early humans caught a plethora of diseases

What was NOT and outcome of the domestication of animals?

The impact of humans on the environment declined

How was public life defined in the terms of hierarchy?

It was an area for the men of households to deal with

How were women defined as the patriarchy started to form?

Women were supposed to stay home and take care of children

How did interaction with each other serve to further Eurasian civilizations?

Allowed a smooth flow of trade and ideas, Allowed ideas such as the chariot from Russia to spread

Compared to the Americas, how did the domestication of animals affect Eurasia?

Eurasia developed more effective farming techniques, Eurasian Societies had to rely less on hunting and gathering

What was the project that the Xia dyansty organized that helped subsequent dynasties to thrive?

Irrigation, Large-scale flood control

What was the main reason that allowed the First civilizations appear?

Agriculture to support large population and domestication

In which way did the invention of writing NOT affect the world?

Equality started to level out with literacy rates

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1
What was one of the symbols of status in early civilizations?
The Mandate of Heaven
The elite were given all the taxes of the poor
Elaborate burials and gifts for the after-life
2
What were the earliest known civilizations and when did they appear?
Indus Valley, Norte Chico and Olmec 3500 B.C.E.
Mesopotamia and Egypt 4000 B.C.E.
Mesopotamia, Egypt and Norte Chico 3500 B.C.E.
Xia Dynasty, Olmec 2500 B.C.E.
3
What was one of the main reasons hierarchy and the erosion of equality started?
The invention of writing allowed some to rise above the rest
Early rulers stared to take all the wealth in the societies
People got very greedy and taxed the weak
Agricultural wealth was stocked up instead of spread out
4
What was the the doctrine that helped most early rulers stay on power?
The Mandate of Heaven
Code of Hammurabi
Power of the Gods
Birth-Right
5
Which of these was a diadvantage of animal domestication?
Humans had to find ways to protect the animals from the wild
Animals started to take more crops and population declined
Humans started to erode at eqaulity
Early humans caught a plethora of diseases
6
What was NOT and outcome of the domestication of animals?
More advanced farming techniques
The invention of the plow
A much larger population could be supported
The impact of humans on the environment declined
7
How was public life defined in the terms of hierarchy?
It was an area for the men of households to deal with
Women were supposed to go out and handle it while men worked
It should only be for the elite and the merchants
Public life wasn't prevelant and people kept to themselves
8
How were women defined as the patriarchy started to form?
Women should start standing up for themselves
Women were supposed to take care of all public life
Women were allowed to become priestesses only
Women were supposed to stay home and take care of children
9
What was the famous laws that eroded eqaulity in Mesopotamia?
The Sumerian Code
The Bill of Rights
Code of Hammurabi
The Right of the People
10
How did interaction with each other serve to further Eurasian civilizations?
More irrigation projects on a larger scale
It allowd them to start spreading their territories
Allowed a smooth flow of trade and ideas
Allowed ideas such as the chariot from Russia to spread
11
What were the earliest civilizations in the Americas?
Xia Dynasty and Mesopotamia
Indus Valley and Norte Chico
Olmecs and Sumer
The Olmecs and Norte Chico
12
Compared to the Americas, how did the domestication of animals affect Eurasia?
Eurasia developed more effective farming techniques
Euraisan socities had to develop ways to protect the animals
Hunting and gathering become much easier with pack animals
Eurasian Societies had to rely less on hunting and gathering
13
What was the project that the Xia dyansty organized that helped subsequent dynasties to thrive?
Expansion of bronze-working skill
Breeding more domestic animals for farming
Irrigation
Large-scale flood control
14
What was the main reason that allowed the First civilizations appear?
Large irrigation projects that allowed for more water
Metallurgy becoming a prominent skill in societies
The invention of forms of writing to keep track of supplies
Agriculture to support large population and domestication
15
Most governments in early societies supported which group of people?
The Priests
The Farmers
The Warriors
The Elite
16
In which way did the invention of writing NOT affect the world?
Allowed easy record keeping and accounting
Spread ineqaulity even more as only a few could read
Equality started to level out with literacy rates
Allowed stories to be written down and recorded

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