Unit 1 Exam -- Ancient River Valley Civilizations

The river valleys of Mesopotamia not only supported agriculture and trade, the river valleys also supported:

An archaeologist discovered a preserved mummy and an embalmed pharaoh. In which location on the map was this site found:

Egyptian society, with the god-king at the top, was organized like

What similarities in their physical environment did ALL first civilizations share

The Neolithic Revolution was the shift from hunting and gathering to ______________ in various parts of the world.

The Mesopotamian religion, which identified nearly 3,000 gods and goddesses, can be described as

The change that led to all other changes in the Neolithic Revolution was the ___________

Public wells for supplying water to city residents, an advanced drainage system, & a system of garbage disposal indicate

Wealth and economic power in Sumer was dictated mainly by trade.

The most prominent building in a Sumerian city was the temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of the city:

Because trade brought new civilizations into contact with one another,

Which of the following is the most complete definition of a civilization:

The use of metal tools marked the end of the Neolithic Age and a

The first civilizations developed in ____________________.

Around 3000 b.c., the Sumerians created a (“wedge-shaped”) system of writing

Which of the following was part of the Agricultural Revolution?

The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most powerfully by

Early urban civilizations all developed religions primarily

The Egyptians developed an accurate 365-day calendar by basing their year on

The river valleys of Mesopotamia not only supported agriculture. They also _______________.

The type of hominid that most closely resembles modern humans is Homo erectus.

The Sumerians believed that the city-states were ruled by the gods (“A government established by divine authority.”)

The greatest new development made by Sumerians was

A reliable source of meat, milk, and wool resulted from the ___________ of animals.

The Sumerians discovered that when adding tin to copper this created a harder metal

___________________ brought new civilizations in contact with one another.

How did the needs of early civilizations lead to the development of systems like the one shown above?

10. In addition to kings, the priests and priestesses, held the most political power in Sumeria

Why would an archaeologist not associate the picture above with hunter-gatherers?

City-states were the basic political units of Sumerian civilization.

The Mesopotamians identified nearly 3,000 gods and goddesses:

Homo sapiens first appeared between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago in Africa.