What activity would an archaeologist most likely do
Examine objects
Which question about the past does cave art most help to answer
what animals lived in the area
What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals
they had a stable food supply
Why did the rivers flood in the spring
Snow melted in the mountains where rivers formed
Which invention most affected the food supply in Sumer
the plow
Why do historians read diaries and letters from the past
To find out what happened and why
How did people in the Paleolithic Age get their food
By hunting and Gathering
Why did Neolithic people trade?
To get resources they lacked
If you were in Ancient Sumer and see a levee beside a river, why would it be there
To prevent floods
Why were scribes important in Sumerian government
to write down the laws
A prehistoric object is one that comes from a time...
The Neolithic Age ended about 3000 B.C.E, with the discovery of how to do what
Make metal tools
The name Mesopotamia comes from its location which is where
Between two rivers
Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other
They cooperated to keep the water systems working
The ziggurat is most closely related to which part of society
religion
If an archaeologist found a spear thrower, it might indicate that the person who used it was a...
the person was a hunter
What change began the Neolithic Age, about 8000 B.C.E
Farming
Why were Sumerian communities called city-states
each of them had its own ruler and farmland
A society has a stable food supply if...
it has enough food for it's people
What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric
Written records
What is the National Animal of Scotland?
The UNICORN!!!
What can you do to a kangaroo that will make it unable to hop
Lift it's tail from the ground
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop
364