TYPES OF SOCIETIES
What was the difference between the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras?
Domestication / Agricultural Revolution
What do you call long dams that channel rivers? Spell.
levees
What is domestication?
Taming animals or cultivating crops for human use.
An economic system that uses markets and private ownership of wealth to incentivize innovation and create growth is called this:
What do "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" literally mean?
Old Stone and New Stone Ages
When you engineer the flow of water onto crops, you are providing this. Spell correctly.
What do you call a large Sumerian temple? Spell.
ziggurat
When a state is run by the richest class it is this. Spell
plutocracy
What adjective describes the power structure of hunter-gatherer society? Spell correctly.
egalitarian
When a kingdom is comprised of a single city, it is called this. Spell correctly.
a city-state
Sumerian writing is known as this. Spell.
cuneiform
When a small, elite group controls a government it is called this:
oligarchy
During the Agricultural Revolution, humans transitioned from being wandering hunter-gatherers to living in fixed settlements. What adjectives describe each of these lifestyles? Spell it.
nomadic to sedentary
Describe these regions from largest to smallest:
Ur
Mesopotamia
Sumeria
The Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Sumeria
Ur
What country is to the north of Pakistan and to the east of Iran?
Afghanistan
What's the difference between specialization and division of labor?
Division of labor is people finding different jobs. Specialization results from that when people get good at their jobs and innovate.
What is the adjective form of the word "hierarchy"?
hierarchical
Mesopotamia is the land between these two rivers. Spell correctly.
Tigris & Euphrates
Describe four benefits or effects of surplus.
GERMS
INNOVATION
CENTRALIZATION
SPECIALIZATION
HIERARCHY
MILITARY ADVANTAGES
SAFETY NET
What are four levels in a typical Mesopotamian hierarchy, in order from most powerful to least?
nobles
generals
priests
bureaucrats
artisans
peasants
slaves