Geography
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Economy
Social Structure
100
Random Question:
What is a primary source?
Information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event. They were there when it happened.
100
True or False: Each city state in Mesopotamia followed the same God: Uruk
False. Each city typically worshiped its own God. Uruk was a large city in Mesopotamia.
100
The "Paleolithic Era" means "Old Stone Age"
What does "Neolithic" mean?
New Stone or New Stone Age
100
The first farming villages were typically ruled by religious leaders, but eventually they were overthrown by military leaders who declared themselves...
Kings
100
Hunter-Gatherers all had the same job. They spent all their time doing what?
Trying to survive by hunting or gathering food. They moved to where the food was.
100
RANDOM QUESTION:
What is a secondary source?
Information about an event that does not come from someone who experienced that event. They were not there when it happened.
200
Which physical characteristic of geography influenced the development of the Ancient Mesopotamia civilization?
The Taurus Mountains
The Zagros Mountains
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The Syrian and Arabian Deserts
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
200
Random Question:
___________ is required before a civilization can start specialization.
Surplus food
200
This vocabulary words means: "...to change the growth of plants, or the behavior of animals, in ways that are useful for humans."
domesticate or domestication.
200
Random Question:
What vocab word means "to have extra" or "to have more than you need"
Surplus
200
This word means, "... a supply of something that can be used as needed..."
Resource
200
RANDOM QUESTION!
Artifact List
Diary
Personal Letter
Personal Photographs
Autobiography
Which title would best categorize the artifacts listed above?
primary sources
published records
secondary sources
official records
primary sources
300
Why did ancient civilizations develop in river valleys such as the Nile, Indus, Tigris and Euphrates?
The rivers provided power for industries.
The river valleys provide areas for recreation.
The rivers aided in the exploration of new territories.
The river valleys provide a source of freshwater and good farmland.
The river valleys provide a source of freshwater and good farmland.
300
This word means the belief in one singular God.
Monotheism.
300
How did new farming technology like the plow and irrigation impact early societies?
People no longer needed to live near river valleys.
Writing developed and many farmers became scribes.
Farmers grew a surplus of food and the population grew as a result.
Harvest gods were no longer worshipped because people had enough food.
Farmers grew a surplus of food and the population grew as a result.
300
A "monarchy" is a type a government where a _______ or _______ rules with absolute power.
King or Queen
300
This vocabulary words means the exchange of goods and/or services without the use of money.
Barter
300
In most societies, this group of people were considered the lowest class, even below poor farmers.
Enslaved people.
400
Which statement BEST describes early hunter-gatherer societies?
They lived in permanent settlements and seldom left.
Their way of life only existed for a few hundred years.
They lived in warm climates only to avoid the winter season.
They moved frequently to follow animals who were a source of food.
They moved frequently to follow animals who were a source of food.
400
This word means the belief in many Gods.
Polytheism.
400
Hammurabi’s Code is an example of which important development in ancient civilizations.
specialization of labor
meeting economic needs
written laws that people could understand and follow
forming a new religion that all people could worship and follow
written laws that people could understand and follow
400
How did Hammurabi ensure that all members of Babylonian society knew the laws of Hammurabi’s code?
He had teachers make students memorize the codes.
He had scribes write and display them for all to see.
He required fathers to teach the codes to their children.
He required priests to pray about them during their worship to the gods.
He had scribes write and display them for all to see.
400
What does "Specialization" mean?
the process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill.
400
In Hammurabi's code the text uses the word "Patrician". What does this word mean?
A noble, or someone elite. A member of the upper class.
500
The map provides evidence for which claim below?
Early humans only lived in hot and humid climates.
Early humans settled in North America over 33,000 years ago.
Early humans migrated across the world over millions of years.
Early humans were farmers and grew lots of different foods to survive.
3. Early humans migrated across the world over millions of years.
500
Hammurabi had these stone slabs placed all around his kingdom. Each pillar was etched with the laws and a picture of Hammurabi with Shamash, the Babylonian sun god and god of justice. This was meant to show that Hammurabi's laws came from the gods.
What is the vocabulary term for the stone slab?
stele
500
Archaeological studies of the Indus Valley cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro show evidence of
dynastic rule
monotheism
social equality
urban planning
urban planning
500
. . .“If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out. If he has knocked out the teeth of a slave, he shall pay one third of a mina of silver.”. . .
~Hammurabi’s Code, 1792 BCE
Which claim is best supported by the above passage?
All members of Babylonian society were treated justly under the law.
Free men lived a better life than most people in Ancient Babylonian.
All members of Babylonian society were not treated justly under the law.
Free men had to pay a large fine to the government when they broke the law.
All members of Babylonian society were not treated justly under the law.
500
RANDOM QUESTION!
According to the Ancient Civilization Timeline, which civilization is the oldest?
1. Ancient Mesopotamia
2. Ancient India
3. Ancient China
4. Ancient Egypt
Ancient Mesopotamia
500
In Hammurabi's Code, the punishment for any crime depended on the _______ of both the offender and the person offended.
Social Class