Chapter 1
Social Scientist that studies the past looking at written records. Recorder of the past.
Historian
Paleolithic
Mesopotamia is located in what present day country?
Iraq
Give an example of a civilization's government.
Answer varies
What told archeologists what life was like during prehistoric times?
Cave Paintings
Geographers study what kind of features to learn about the past?
Natural
Farmers began working together, helping to establish what?
Communities
What's a city state?
an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
List the 7 Characteristics of a Civilization.
Government, Stable Food Supply, Technology, Religion, Arts, Writing, and Social Structure
What are pictographs?
Symbols that stand for real objects
Which Social Scientist would use a diary as evidence?
Historian
Stable Food Supply caused people to have ____________ ___________. (2 words)
Permanent Shelters
How did Sumerians maintain their Irrigation Systems?
Communities worked together
What type of Sumerians were at the top of their social structure? (List one)
Priests, Kings, Nobles
Where did farmers live in Ancient Sumer?
In small, mud-brick houses at the edge of the city
Which Social Scientist would the studying the Fox River interest?
Geographer
What development caused the new era of the Neolithic Age?
Farming
Why did Sumerians build walls around their city-states?
For protection against attackers
Cuneiform relates to which characteristic of civilization?
Writing
The most important technological advance the Sumerians made was what?
The Wheel
Archeologists study _________ to learn about the past.
artifacts
What discovery caused the end of the Neolithic Age?
Metal/Bronze
Mesopotamia is located between what two rivers?
Euphrates and Tigris
Ziggurats relate to which characteristic of Sumerian Civilization?
Religion
What evidence shows that the Sumerians lived after the Stone Age?
Copper Jewelry