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1
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
When people worship more than one god
movement of migrating people to North America
A rejection of Paleolithic values by Neolithic people
A change from hunting and gathering to farming
2
Why did the first civilizations develop in river valleys?
Humans could not live in East Africa any longer.
The mountains already had many people living there
Most people wanted to live along the Mediterranean coast
River valleys had fresh water and rich sil
3
The Neolithic Revolution was ___________________________.
Stone Tool Revolution
The creation of aqueducts
The discovery of weapons
An Agricultural Revolution
4
Cultural Diffusion is defined as
the exchange of ideas between different cultures
the birthplace of democracy
Buddhism and reincarnation
a collapse that led to feudalism
5
Why were ziggurats important to the Sumerians?
They were built as temples to honor the gods and goddesses.
Scrolls that documented history were encased in ziggurats
They were built as tombs for the kings.
They protected the city from invaders.
6
What is an Empire?
Another name for a country
A group of nations/states controlled by one authority (government)
A nation or state that is run by a dictator
A system that provides resources to colonies from a home country
7
The era in prehistory that dates from at least 2 million B.C. to about 10,000 B. C.
Paleolithic Period
New Stone Age
Neolithic Period
Migration Period
8
How did the Sumerian city states fix the problem of limited natural resources?
They built walls
They traded
They dug ditches
9
What did nomads do?
They moved from place to place to find food
They grew their own food
They were vicious hunters
They settled in one place
10
Wrote using Cuneiform
Egypt
India
Mesopotamia
China
11
The Fertile Crescent contains the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, known as Mesopotamia.
True
False
12
What are the 5 characteristics of civilization?
Adv. Cities, Spec. Workers, Records, Complex Institutions, Improved Tech.
Technology, Working Class, Complex Institutions, Spec. Workers, Cities
Urban Centers, Agriculture, Workers, Advanced Cities, Improved Technology
Advanced Cities, Urban Centers, Tools, Farming, Trade
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The ziggurat is most closely related to which characteristic of Sumerian society?
Writing
Arts
Social Structure
Religion
14
What caused the Neolithic Revolution?
The invention of writing
A climate change
The invention of farming
The discovery of fire
15
What is a dynasty?
A succession of kings from the same family
Kings that have little or no power
Kings of different countries that fight a war
To die in a horrible way
16
Hammurabi's Codes is important in world history because it was an early
written list of law that controlled people's daily life
writing system that helped Phoenicians to be great traders
set of symbols that allowed the Sumerian to communicate
form a of writing to record important events
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Why did the Sumerian city states fight each other?
For Oil
To conquer all of the city states
For farmland and water resources
For gold
18
What is the significance of Hammurabi’s Code?
It was the first written constitution
It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and Constitution.
It is the decree that kings use to show their authority.
It's the first written body of laws used to organize society
19
Physical maps typically show...
cities and states
bodies of water and cities
capitals
land forms and bodies of water
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Neolithic Age
3000 B.C. to 600 A.D.
Era from 2.5 million to 8000 B.C.
This is the modern Era.
Era from 8000 B.C. to 3000 B.C.
21
Where did humans emerge from?
Africa
Asia
United States of America
Europe
22
Where did the first civilizations emerge?
Near trade routes
On the Mediterranean Sea
In the Americas
In River Valleys
23
Geography is
The study of the earth and its features
The study of the solar system and the earth's placement in it
The study of geodes
The study of the past to understand the future
24
Which of the following is an example of an artifact?
rock layers
bones
fossils
pottery
25
The Neolithic Revolution first occured in
Europe
China
Central America
Middle East
26
One of the effects of civilizations was the development of social inequalities
False
True
27
We need to understand the geography of a place to understand the culture that develops
True
False
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During the Neolithic Revolution plants and animals were...
worshipped
chased
domesticated
29
what are hominids
humans or creatures that walk upright
a sea trading route
a type of flower
an early relative to the modern dolphin
30
If it's
NOT
a document, speech, or artifact from the
original
time period or person it is
A secondary source
A primary source
31
A political map shows...
Countries and their borders
Presidents and their terms
Physical features
Population in each country
32
Sumer was composed of 12 independent, self-governing ____________
countries
city-states
counties
empires
33
what is monotheism
the belief in many or multiple gods and deities
the belief in praying to idols
the belief in one god or deity
the belief that you should never pray to idols
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What did rivers deposit that made them good for a civlilization to start?
gold
silt
rocks
crocodiles
35
Why was the fertile crescent ideal for farming?
natural canals directed water to the fields
flood rivers brought silt and nutrients
the desert receives more sunshine
cattle provided fertilizer
36
What is an artifact?
the remains of a person from long ago
an imprint of a plant from long ago
a food prepared and eaten by humans
an object made or used by humans
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The Neolithic Revolution. . .
is all about hunting
started in different places, at different times
it never happened
Has an exact starting point
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One of the political impacts of the Neolithic Revolution was...
public works
all the answers are correct
law codes
centralized government
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The Neolithic Revolution led to
nomadic lifestyle
advanced civilizations
migration of peoples
hunting and gathering
40
Hunter-Gatherer societies:
Domesticated animals
Lived in sedentary societies due to domesticating plants
Collected wild animals and hunted wild animals
Hunted wild animals and collected wild plants
41
Prehistory is
The time before humans
The time before writing
The time before settled communities
The time before life on Earth
42
The Fertile Crescent was home to some of the world's first
Nation-States
City-States
Nation
Fiefs
43
Which king ruled the Babylonian empire?
Alexander the Great
Hammurabi
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
44
Hammurabi's Code
Egypt
Mesopotamia
China
India
45
A physical map shows
Statistics of total population by region
All answers are correct
Physical features
Countries and their borders
46
An original document or artifact that was produced during the time period being studied.
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Bias
Settler
47
How did the Sumerian city states fix the problem of no natural barriers?
They dug irrigation ditches
They built walls
They traded
48
We believe Cuneiform was first used for what?
record important battles
keep inventories of supplies
Keep records of business matters
list order of kings
49
What does polytheism mean?
a type of material
to believe in only one god
to believe in more than one god/goddess
the area of a polygon
50
Why did humans migrate?
by hunting animals when animals moved
To stay warm in winter
To follow animals
To just move around
51
Hunter-gatherers
used metal tools
built permanent homes
followed a nomadic lifestyle
had a written language.
52
Why did humans migrate?
They were probably looking for resources and got to different places
They wanted to discover other continents like the Portuguese
They were escaping from dinosaurs
They were creating maps of the world and needed to travel
53
How do we know humans evolved in Africa?
we don't, it's just a guess
leftover clothing
substantial fossil and archeaolical evidence
photographs
54
Why did the first civilizations emerge in river valleys?
River valleys protected crops from floods + access to water
Fertile growing conditions and accessibility to water
The gods declared it was the best place to live
55
Neolithic Age
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
Electronic Age
Jet Age
56
What is a city-state?
Political unit consisting of a city and the surrounding area
Having to do with the countryside
An Empire
A boundary line where the city meets the state
57
Why was Mesopotamia known as the "fertile crescent?"
Because of its shape and rich farmlands.
Because it got a lot of moonlight.
They worshiped a lunar goddess.
Because of the large population.
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Which 2 rivers serve as borders to the Fertile Crescent?
Nile & Euphrates
Tigris & Yellow
Tigris & Euphrates
Nile & Indus
59
How do we know humans migrated out of Africa?
All of the above
Fossils
DNA evidence
Leftover artifacts including cave art
