What two rivers are integral to Mesopotamian Civilization?
Tigris and Euphrates
100
Paleolithic people were known as hunter-gatherers. They moved from place to place which means they were?
Nomads
100
The Neolithic Age or "New Stone Age" is also known as the _________.
Farming Revolution
100
The first city-states and civilization started to rise in this southeastern area of Mesopotamia.
Sumer
100
The definition of an empire is?
A group of many different lands controlled by one ruler.
200
This dry and arid geographic location is south of Mesopotamia.
Arabian Desert
200
There was no writing during the Paleolithic Age, so historians only know what happened through analyzing ______
Artifacts
200
Artisans, craftsmen, herders, etc. were able to develop because of permanent settlements and farming. This process is known as _________.
Specialization
200
Mesopotamians believed in many gods. This system of belief is referred to as _______.
polytheism
200
Before being conquered by empires, these places in Mesopotamia had their own government and were not part of any larger unit.
city-states
300
This body of water is located south of Asia Minor and north of Egypt
Mediterranean Sea
300
The fossil Lucy was found in this country. Historians believed humans originated here.
Ethiopia
300
The Neolithic Age lasted from what dates?
8,000 BC to 4,000 BC
300
Mesopotamians used a writing system known as cuneiform. What was the name of the instrument they used to cut wedge-shaped symbols into wet clay?
stylus
300
Sargon was the king of what empire?
Akkadian
400
This body of water is located east of Egypt, and it has been told that a famous ancient Israelite, Moses, parted it during the Exodus.
Red Sea
400
Paleolithic Age lasted from what dates?
2.5 million B.C to 8,000 B.C
400
What country was the famous neolithic human, Otzi, found?
Italy
400
Due to the hot and dry climate of Mesopotamia, walls, waterways, and ditches were made by farmers to bring water to their fields. This technique or system is called _________.
irrigation
400
The city Nineveh was the capital of this empire.
Assyrians
500
This city was the capital of Hammurabi's empire.
Babylon
500
What was the name of the human species that lived in Western Europe predominantly during the Ice Age (100,000 B.C- 8,000 B.C)?
Neanderthals
500
This tool helped during the Neolithic Age to cut and harvest grain.
Sickle
500
Hammurabi created the first large set of written laws in history. How many laws were created?
282
500
What are the six characteristics of civilization? Please give an example from Mesopotamia for each one.