Paleolithic Era
How did early humans get food?
hunting and gathering
Name three animals that can be domesticated.
Dogs, cats, pigs, cattle, goats, water buffalos, yaks, reindeer, llamas, alpacas, sheep, chickens, ducks, guinea pigs, pigeons, geese, swans, horses, donkeys, camels, etc.
Definition: The formal systems and institutions that establish and maintain control, influence, and command within governance.
Government
What two rivers are in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Who was the Babylonian king responsible for the most famous ancient law code?
Hammurabi
What did early humans make tools out of, and what did they use them for?
stone, mostly for cutting food
Where did the Neolithic Revolution first happen?
The Fertile Crescent
When members of a society focus on a specific area of expertise, gaining knowledge and experience in that area, and enhancing skills and efficiency in that aspect of work.
Who was the demigod hero in the most famous work of Mesopotamian literature?
Gilgamesh
Which Semitic empire had the most formidable military?
Why did people not have fixed abodes during the Paleolithic Era?
They followed the food
Why does the population grow after agriculture?
What are “the arts?”
Dance, painting, sculpture, music, literature, theater
What is the name of the Sumerian writing system?
Cuneiform
What were the Phoenicians famous for?
Purple dye, the alphabet, being seafarers
Definition: the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
Archaeology
Name one place in the world where agriculture emerged independently.
Southern US, Mexico, the Andes, Western Africa, China, Papua New Guinea, Fertile Crescent
Which of the tenets has to come first, because it makes the others possible?
Stable Food Supply
Who was supposed to live in the top of a ziggurat?
The gods
Who was the Chaldean king who deported the Hebrews from Judah?
Nebuchadnezzar II
According to modern scientific and archaeological research, where did human beings originally emerge?
Africa
What is the hearth region for potatoes?
The Andes
Which civilization does not have a writing system?
Sumerians were the first to divide the days into 12 hours. Why 12?
Which Phoenician city gave us the name for the Bible?
Byblos