WH Ch. 1

What distinguishes Homo sapiens from Homo erectus?

What was one effect of the agricultural revolution?

Who was a person who wondered from place to place?

What ancient village, located in what is now Turkey, is known for its obsidian products and colorful wall paintings?

What is one reason that interpretations of history change over time?

What is domestication?

Which characteristic is associated with civilizations?

What was Ur's tallest and most important building, the city's temple, known as?

Which of the following describes the impact of the Little Ice Age on Europe?

What is the major advantage farmers had over hunters?

What is one reason that interpretations of history change over time?

What important characteristic did "Lucy," the earliest hominid yet found have?

What substance did Sumer's metalworkers create to make their tools harder than copper?

In what well-defined social classes did the people of Ur live?

Which of the following was NOT a result of the safer, more settled life of agricultural villages?

What early species of hominids was the first to migrate, to use tools, to use fire, and to develop a spoken language

What form of farming may have been first used?

Where were the first hominids found?

Who was known as the first modern humans?

What is an artifact?

Which describes early hominids more accurately?

What is cuneiform?

What ancient city was founded on the banks of the Euphrates River?

Who were described as being powerfully built with strong muscles and thick bones?

What is defined as a way of life?