Hunt & Gather
True or false: early women helped hunt animals for food
False
"Mesopotamia" is a Greek word that means what?
Land between two rivers
The belief in many gods is called what?
Polytheism
The earliest example of human expression (of ideas and themselves) can be found where?
In caves
Which person was most important in Mesopotamia (his title)?
King
Scarcity is when there's not enough food for people to eat. What is the word used when there's plenty of food to go around?
Surplus
While the landscape around Sumer was flat, there were 7-foot tall structures erected by King Hammurabi that listed his 282 laws. These stone structures were called what?
Stele
Each city-state had its own type of divine protector. These were known as its _______ ____.
Patron god
The Egyptians practiced writing called hieroglyphics; the Sumerians wrote in what type of language?
Cuneiform
Which were the people whose job was to connect humans with gods for good crops and protection?
Priests
What was the tool that early man often used to drive animals to an area?
Fire
The Nile river is in Egypt; which two rivers helped Mesopotamia become a civilization?
Tigris and Euphrates
True or false: Only men could enter the ziggurat and perform religious ceremonies?
True
Farming is another word for what?
Agriculture
Which people determined the amount of land and power that a city-state held?
The Army
People who move from place to place with the seasons are called what?
Nomads
Early man traveled across continents by way of what two-word item that has long ago disappeared?
Land bridge
While not a religious figure, what mythical person was supposed to be part god and part man?
Gilgamesh
To pen animals up for human use or to plant crops to ensure a regular food supply is called what?
Domestication
When there was enough food to go around, people started doing different jobs. This was called the ______ of ______.
Division of labor
Shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world is known as what?
Religion
From where is it believed that the earliest humans first began?
Africa
Some buildings constructed by the Sumerians resembled the later pyramids built by the Egyptians. These were known by what name?
Ziggurats
The first empire was known as what?
Akkadia
Who was the first empire builder?
Sargon