humans evolved in Africa then left

What are stages that early civilizations when through

Agriculture, villages, job specialization, technology, cities

A story from early societies explaining phenomena, and influencing beliefs

Bringing diverse people under common rule

What is agricultural revolution

the change from hunting to farming

What did the americas not use compared to other early civilizations

Metal in tools, The wheel, Beasts of burden

What knowledges did the Bantu bring

Iron working, language, settled agriculture

What is a city state?

A city with surrounding territory forming an independent state

What were the first signs of cultural/creative development

Technological advancement and mental sophistication

How did religion change in Egypt

During rule of Akhenaten removed the worship of all gods other than Aten

Why did the agricultural revolution occur

populations grew so it became risky to move around and encounter others

Homo Erectus spread out around the world and then evolved

How did china manipulate the environment for survival

Irrigation channels(yellow river)

Egypts isolating geography was…

Deserts, Mediterranean, and cataracts

What roles do myths play in early civilizations?

Taught lessons and told stories of their gods(religion

Cyrus II defeated who?

Medes, Lydians, and Babylonians

What threats did the Mesopotamians face

War inside, outside rule, flooding

Differences between popular creation myths(Enuma Elish, Rig Veda, Old Testament)

How they value blood, the purpose for which we were made

What does innovative primary urbanization mean

First independent city development

How did the Persian wars affect Greek city states

The Persians created the Delian league to protect themselves from wars

What is the Neolithic Revolution?

transition from hunter-gatherers to farming villages and there to cities

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1
Out of Africa theory
humans evolved in Africa then left
Humans left then evolved
2
What are stages that early civilizations when through
migration, writing, communication
war, battle, fighting, caos
Agriculture, villages, job specialization, technology, cities
all of the above
3
who ruled over their capital city while letting blood reletives rule regional cities
Zhou
Shang
Xia
4
what were homo sapiens like?
similar to modern day humans
very different from modern day humans
much smaller than modern day humans
much bigger than modern day humans
5
What is a myth?
Fairytales
Historical facts
Books by Sarah j Maas
A story from early societies explaining phenomena, and influencing beliefs
6
What is an empire?
Bringing diverse people under common rule
A really really big place with an evil ruler
An evil group of people from Star Wars
7
How was the Assyrian king appointed?
By the people
By blood
By the gods
8
what did homo erectus use for the first time?
war
fire
rocks
water
9
what did Hamurabi do
conquered all of mesopotamia
snuck into north korea
sacrifice his citizens
kept to himself
10
What is agricultural revolution
the development of chinapas
the change from hunting to farming
the invention of irrigation
the invention of farming equipment
11
Where were Hittites located?
Fertile Crescent
Indus River valley
Anatolia
12
Nickname for homo habilis
"Handy Man"
"Hand man"
"Handle man"
"Handsome man"
13
What did the americas not use compared to other early civilizations
Writing
Metal in tools
The wheel
Beasts of burden
14
who was the first human to leave africa?
Austrolopithecus
ardipithecus ramidus
Homo Habilis
Homo Erectus
15
What knowledges did the Bantu bring
Iron working, language, settled agriculture
wood working, cuneform, and hunting
16
Who used the subterranean aqueducts
Aztec
Palenque
Greece(Sparta)
Maya
17
What was the Middle Kingdom
“The golden age”
"The golden generation"
"The golden hour"
"The golden year"
18
who buried dead in graveyards away from villages
Yangshao
Longshan
19
What is a city state?
A city that became a state over time
A city that got so big it became a state
A city with surrounding territory forming an independent state
20
Why don’t we know about Egypts city structure
Because it sunk in quicksand
Because the rulers burned everything
Because its an imaginary city
Because of flooding
21
What were the first signs of cultural/creative development
Advanced tech from the future
Technological advancement and mental sophistication
All of the above
Evidence of aliens on earth
22
Where did writing first form?
Menes
Indus River valley
Anatolia
Sumer
23
How did religion change in Egypt
During the rule of Aten added many gods to religion
During the rule of Akhenaten added many gods to religion
During the rule of Aten removed the worship of all gods other than Aten
During rule of Akhenaten removed the worship of all gods other than Aten
24
Where did the agricultural revolution initially take place
Fertile Crescent
Indus River valley
Yellow river
Egypt
25
Where did Homo Sapiens migrate to last
North America
South America
26
What did Africa do to manipulate their environment for survival
Canals
Chinapas(floating islands)
made bridges out of trees
dug wells
27
In what style did Cyrus II conquer?(hegemony or dominance)
Hegemony
Dominance
28
Who did Aristotle teach?
Socrates
Plato
Alexander the Great
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Why did the agricultural revolution occur
Because it was easier to do than hunting
populations grew so it became risky to move around and encounter others
The animals became rabid so it was too dangerous to try and hunt them
30
Multi regional
Homo Erectus spread out around the world and then evolved
they evolved in africa and then spread out
31
What is Hellenistic culture?
Everything Egyptian
Everything Persian
Everything Assyrian
Everything Greek
32
what did homo habilis invent?
fire
stone tools
rafts
cars
33
Where were the Babylonians located?
Central Mesopotamia
Western Mesopotamia
Southern Mesopotamia
northern Mesopotamia
34
How did china manipulate the environment for survival
By digging wells
Irrigation channels(yellow river)
Irigation channels(Shang River)
35
Egypts isolating geography was…
never ending deserts
The Nile river that no one could cross
the forests all around
Deserts, Mediterranean, and cataracts
36
What roles do myths play in early civilizations?
inspired movies
stories to tell their children so they would go to sleep
used for english class
Taught lessons and told stories of their gods(religion
37
Cyrus II defeated who?
Akkadians, Greeks, Persians
Assyrians, Medes, Persians
Babylonians, Lydians, Greeks
Medes, Lydians, and Babylonians
38
What threats did the Mesopotamians face
the Zhou
the Aztecs
the Mayans
War inside, outside rule, flooding
39
How did mesoamerica manipulate their environment for survival?
Chinaapas(floating islands)
Sewage
River farms
40
Differences between popular creation myths(Enuma Elish, Rig Veda, Old Testament)
The names
How they value blood, the purpose for which we were made
No one believes Rig Veda or Enuma Elish but everyone believes Old Testament
The order of creation
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What did homo sapien sapiens have that Homo sapiens didn’t?
Farming
babe ruth
war
love
42
Last site of primary urbanization
the Yellow river settlements
Sparta
the Himalayan mountains
Niger River valley
43
What kind of ruler was Hammurabi?
Merciful
Aggressive
Kind
Crazy
44
What does innovative primary urbanization mean
First independent city development
first dependent city development
creation of technology in cities
the development of architecture
45
New kingdom was…
"The age of life"
"The age of success"
The “Age of Conquests”
"The age of strong rulers"
46
where do we get a lot of our information about evolution from?
blood
fossils
47
How did the Persian wars affect Greek city states
The Persians created the Xerxes league to protect themselves from wars
The Persians created the Delian league to protect themselves from wars
they created the lightfoot league to protect themselves from wars
48
Which philosopher founded the academy
Plato
Alexander the Great
Socrates
Aristotle
49
Who did Plato teach?
Plato
Alexander the Great
Aristotale
50
Who invented the two wheeled chariot?
Akkadians
Assyrians
Hittites
Babylonians
51
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
transition from hunter-gatherers to farming villages and there to cities
the same as the agricultural revolution
animals got mad at the humans and revolted
during the Neolithic time period humans invented war
52
How did Babylonians control their people?
Absolute monarchy
Self governed people
Democratic republic
Democracy
53
What were the results of Alexander the Greats empire falling?
Two kingdoms fell
Three kingdoms fell
Two kingdoms emerged
Three kingdoms emerged
54
Mandate of Heaven
Laws that must be abided in order to live(from the gods)
The gods requirements for humans on earth
If a king is weak, the people have the right to remove him.
55
What happened during Middle Kingdom
strong ruler, predictable flooding
weak ruler, attacks from outside kingdoms
strong ruler, conquering
Weakened ruler, not as much flooding
56
Major differences between Homonids
How they walk, emotional development, tool usage
They each looked like different animals
They were smarter in the earlier years
57
Most important geographic feature to Egypt
Nile river
the Indus valley river
the Meditteranean
The Yellow River
58
What was Xerxes first failure
The invasion of Persia
The invasion of egypt
The invasion of Greece
The invasion of china
59
Where did Assyria occupy?
Northern and middle Mesopotamia
Southern and western Mesopotamia
Northern and Eastern Mesopotamia
Central and southern Mesopotamia
60
Who allowed the conquered people to keep their customs?
Assyria
Persia
Greece
Akkad
61
For what reason did writing form?
Keeping track of history
For forbidden lovers to write letters to eachother
Business
62
What affect did Harappan civilization have on future civilizations
taught people how to use cell phones
taught people how to write, build, architecture
Taught how to farm, religious symbolism, and caste system, settlements
63
Who built Persepolis?
Darius
Cyrus II
Xerxes
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Who did Socrates teach
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
65
How do empires control their land
Hegemony-cooperative rule(Persia)/dominance-forceful rule
Through love and compassion
Through Brute force
With respect for their citizens and brute force with their slaves
66
who was Hammurabi?
greatest conquerer of all time
guy with W rizz
the ruler/millitary commander of Babylon
best ruler ever
67
Ardipithecus Ramidus walked on two legs...
True
False
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How did the development of agriculture affect civilizations?
began animal domestication
they were able to stay in one place instead of traveling around to hunt
everyone was so close together that disease spread and they all died
formed the first communities
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What roles did Sargon play in early civilization
first chariots
First empire
first war strategies
first hegemony
70
how did homo habilis survive?
they were strong and high up on the food chain
living in trees
they were small and lived in tall grass
they were great hunters
71
How did Alexander the Great keep control of his empire
He Strongly encouraged people to support him
He ran for president
He sent armies to every settlement to enforce his laws
Spreads Greek influence everywhere
72
What type of government did all Mesopotamian states share?
Democracy
Monarchy
Dictatorship
73
Where were the Akkadians located
East of Mesopotamia
West of Mesopotamia
North of Mesopotamia
South of Mesopotamia
74
Who is Xerxes
King of Persia
Conqueror of the Greek mainland
Ruler during the Shang Dynasty
Greek military leader
75
All three dynasties(Xia, Shang, Zhou) built walled towns
True
False
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What was being built during the Middle Kingdom
sky scrapers
castles
homes
Pyramids

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