Unit 1 Review

Question 1

What did NOT happen as a result of farming?

Accepted Answer

We had to hunt and gather for food

Question 2

How were Early Modern Humans different from earlier hominids?

Accepted Answer

They created art

Question 3

What did Sumerians build when the rivers flooded?

Accepted Answer

irrigation systems

Question 4

The Assyrians were great at what kind of warfare?

Accepted Answer

siege

Question 5

Ancient Mesopotamians built religious temples called...

Accepted Answer

ziggurats

Question 6

What is an artifact?

Accepted Answer

An object made or used by humans

Question 7

What was Neanderthal's capability?

Accepted Answer

Living in groups

Question 8

What was the Agricultural Revolution?

Accepted Answer

When humans learned to farm and created settled societies

Question 9

What was Upright Man's capability?

Accepted Answer

Using fire

Question 10

What was Handy Man's capability?

Accepted Answer

Creating and using tools

Question 11

What is another term for civilizations?

Accepted Answer

complex societies

Question 12

Mesopotamia is known as the "land between the rivers".

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Why was Hammurabi's code of laws different from earlier law codes?

Accepted Answer

It applied to people of all social classes

Question 14

The Agricultural Revolution is one of the most important events in human history.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

What are the rivers of Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 16

What was Lucy's capability?

Accepted Answer

Being a biped

Question 17

What was cuneiform?

Accepted Answer

The writing system of the Mesopotamians

Question 18

Before empires, people lived in...

Accepted Answer

city-states

Question 19

What empire took control of the Sumerians?

Accepted Answer

Akkadians

Question 20

What is NOT a kind of social scientist?

Accepted Answer

author

Questions 20