Geography
Religion
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Politics
Economics
Social Structure
100
What TWO rivers is Ancient Mesopotamia located between?
A. The Nile and Euphrates River
B. The Tigris and Euphrates River
C. The Indus and Yellow River
D. The Long and Yellow River
B. The Tigris and Euphrates River
Mesopotamia means "between two rivers"
100
Religious temples in Mesopotamia were known as:
A. Pyramids
B. Mandate of Heaven
C. Ziggurats
D. Synagogue
C. Ziggurats
100
Paper using plant native to the Nile River:
A. Stone Tablets
B. Sans
C. Papyrus
D. Hieroglyphics
C. Papyrus
100
Religious leader that rule over Egypt:
A. Monarch
B. Emperor
C. Queen
D. Pharaoh
D. Pharaoh
100
During the Neolithic period, new crafts and technologies developed so rapidly that individuals needed special skills for
A. The domestication of animals
B. Job specialization
C. Complex religion to appease the gods of nature
D. Governments controlling every aspect of the civilization’s economy
B. Job specialization
100
All of the following were changes to human societies brought about by the Neolithic Revolution EXCEPT:
A. Reliable food supplies increased.
B. The total human population rapidly increased
C. Women and men grew to have more equal status
D. Job specialization occurred
C. Women and men grew to have more equal status
200
Early civilizations began to grow and flourish around which important geographical feature?
Rivers.
Rivers provided rich silt that helped provide plants with necessary nutrients to grow.
200
What were Egyptian rulers buried under?
Pyramids
200
What are these two different writing systems called?
Cuneiform and Hieroglyphics
200
Political system ruled by religious leaders is:
Theocracy
Most River Valley Civilizations were ruled by priests or other religious figures, making them Theocratic
200
The discovery of __________ brought people from the Paleolithic era, to the Neolithic era.
Agriculture
200
What is an artisan? What is a scribe?
Scribe is someone who is employed to write/keep historical records
An artisan is a craftsman or someone who makes art.
In ancient civilizations, your place in the Social Class was determined by your job (the value you bring to that society)
300
Neolithic civilizations used _________ to help water their plants without relying on rainfall.
Irrigation
Civilizations relied on irrigation to create a surplus of food and feed their large populations
300
Where does Hinduism originate from?
Northern India.
300
What did Roman engineers build to bring water to the cities?
Aqueducts
These monumental structures brought clean water to public baths and private homes.
300
What was the ancient legal code of Ancient Mesopotamia (Babylonian) society?
Code of Hammurabi
300
A surplus (excess or a lot of) of food does what to a civilization?
Increase the population.
300
What is the name of the social structure in the Indus Valley River Civilization?
Caste System
400
What sea did the Romans and Greeks use for trade?
The Mediterranean Sea
400
What is Polytheism, what is Monotheism?
Polytheism is the belief in multiple gods.
Monotheism is the belief in one god.
Mono means ONE
Poly means Multiple
400
Which River Valley Civilization is known for having sanitation and a sewage system?
Indus Valley River Civilization
400
What form of Democracy did the Greek Athens have? What form did the Roman Republic have?
Athens had a Direct Democracy
Roman Republic had a Representative Democracy
400
The Paleolithic people found food by _______ and ________
Hunting and Gathering
400
In China, the development of civil service examinations and the belief in filial piety [love and respect for one’s parents and ancestors] reflect the influence of this religion:
Confucianism
500
Explain why Greece had scattered City-states and what were TWO of them?
City-states were not unified due to the mountainous region, Athens and Sparta
Mountainous regions could not support large population with agriculture and were hard to navigate through.
500
Explain what the Mandate of Heaven is.
Chinese political philosophy that declares the legitimacy of a ruler is granted by divine right, or Heaven.
Directly involved with the Dynastic Cycle.
500
Explain why Rome and Greece were so culturally diverse.
Rome and Greece are located on peninsulas, making those two civilizations excellent at shipbuilding and sailing. Thus, they were constantly trading with other city-states, allowing for cultural diffusion to take place.
500
Explain what Divine Right is.
The God given right to rule over a society.
500
Why were the Paleolithic people nomadic?
Why were the Neolithic people stationary?
The Paleolithic people were nomadic to follow the migration patterns of the animals they hunted.
The Neolithic people were stationary so that they can perform agriculture by the rivers they settled on.
500
“If a son has struck his father, they shall cut off his hand. If a nobleman has destroyed the eye of a member of the aristocracy, they shall destroy his eye.”
How does this passage present Social Class in Babylonian society?
Different punishments for different classes of individuals.