Unit 1 Review

Why do historians read diaries and letters from the past?

A society has a stable food supply if...

Sumer was a civilization but NOT an empire. What did the other empires we studied have that the Sumerians lacked?

Which evidence shows that the Sumerians lived after the Stone age?

How did the Leakeys discover the Homo Habilis (Handy Man) hominin group?

How did the Akkadians get the resources to build up their capital city?

Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

An object made or used by people in the past is called

If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?

If you were a Neolithic trader, what would most likely happen as you traveled and traded?

Choose the correct chronological order for the four empires:

What trait made Homo Erectus well suited for traveling?

The Sumerian civilization had a social structure with different social levels and jobs. A social structure is

Social Scientists are scholars who study

A problem that all four Mesopotamian empires had was difficulty in was...

Homo erectus was the first hominin to use

Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many early settlements?

The bones of many hominins were found in one location. Using this evidence, it was concluded that this hominin probably

Define "migrate":

Who conquered the land of the Israelites and took many Israelites to Babylon as captives?

Which of these is a human-made feature that a geographer might study?

At Neanderthal sites, burial mounds show signs that sick and injured were cared for. From this, scientists believe that

The Neolithic Age ended about 3000 BCE with the discovery of how to:

Small, mud-brick houses at the edge of the city were the homes of

Social structure can best be described as...

The environment of Sumer was

What was the main purpose of Assyrian aqueducts?

Which invention made it possible for Sumerian Armies to use chariots?

Why were scribes important in Sumerian Government

Define "Anthropologist":

Assyrians are known for what type of artwork?

Define "hominin":

What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?

Music was important to the Sumerians because:

Who made cave paintings, carvings, and musical instruments?

Which of these leaders empires came first?

What was the main use of the following items: Drums, Pipes, and Lyres?

For what is Hammurabi best remembered?

A paleoanthropologist specializes in the study of the

Which statement about Homo Habilis (Handy Man) describes a capability that helped their group survive?

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were a wonder of the ancient world. Where were they planted?