Chapter 1

Question 1

2 main cities of early Indian civilization

Answer 1

Harappa and Mohenjo-daro 2600-1900 BCE

Question 2

How did Mesopotamian priests get their positions?

Answer 2

They inherited them from there fathers

Question 3

What is the likely reason Egypt didn’t create a code of laws ?

Answer 3

As God on earth, the king was the source of all law.

Question 4

What were important food crops of the Americas

Answer 4

Maze, Manioc, and Potatoes

Question 5

Agriculture in Mesopotamia depended on what?

Answer 5

Canals and Irrigation

Question 6

The motevation for Mesopotamian conquest of far reaching territories was

Answer 6

The need for vital resources

Question 7

Mesopotamian writing system

Answer 7

Cuneiform

Question 8

What the temples house in Mesopotamian cities

Answer 8

The cult of the deity or deities

Question 9

Earliest documented people of Mesopotamia

Answer 9

Summarians

Question 10

The indus Valley system of writing has…

Answer 10

….not been deciphered

Question 11

The agricultural revolution(s) occurred in this era

Answer 11

Neolithic

Question 12

The annual flood of the nile could be described as..

Answer 12

..fairly regular

Question 13

Merchant activity in Mesopotamia took place without…

Answer 13

coins

Question 14

Slavery in ancient Egypt was….

Answer 14

limited and of little economic significance

Question 15

The first recognizable cultural activity of humans was…

Answer 15

stone tool making

Question 16

Mesopotamia, Egypt, an the Indus Valley Civilization were all…

Answer 16

based on fertile flood plains and river valleys

Question 17

Mesopotamian society had this many classes…

Answer 17

3

(1) :the free landowning class
(2) :the class of dependent farmers
(3) :the class of slaves

Question 18

The earliest evidence of agriculture was in the region..

Answer 18

the middle east

Question 19

what was not included in the Semitic family of languages….

Answer 19

Elamite

Question 20

What was Hammurabi best known for?

Answer 20

His law code

Question 21

what happened in the epic of Gilgamesh?

Answer 21

king ordered a temple prostitute to go and lure an animal like man back into civilization with her charms. she teaches him about every day activities and expected customs.

Question 22

civilization

Answer 22

any group of people with administrative centers, political system based on control, non-food producing activities, status distinction, monuments, records, long distance trade.

Question 23

culture

Answer 23

learned patterns of action and expression

Question 24

history

Answer 24

development, transmission. and transformation, of cultural practices and event practices

Question 25

stone age

Answer 25

2 million years ago- 4000 years ago (stone tools)

Question 26

paleolithic

Answer 26

old stone age | lasted since 10,000 years ago

Question 27

neolithic

Answer 27

new stone age (associated with agriculture)

Question 28

foragers

Answer 28

hunting/food gathering people

Question 29

agricultural revolution

Answer 29

the transition from gathering food to producing food in different places at different times

Question 30

holocene

Answer 30

era around 9000 BCE

Question 31

megalith

Answer 31

big stones related to religious belief

Question 32

babylon

Answer 32

the most important city in southern Mesopotamia in 2nd and 1st millennia

Question 33

Summarians

Answer 33

a Mesopotamian civilization ~5000 BCE

Question 34

Semitic

Answer 34

a family of languages spoken in parts of western asia and northern Africa ( Hebrew, Aramaic , and Phoenician)

Question 35

city-state

Answer 35

a self governing urban center and the agricultural territories it controlled

Question 36

Hammurabi

Answer 36

ruler from 1792-1750 BCE who initiated aggressive military

Question 37

scribe

Answer 37

an administrator of scholar charged by the temple/palace with reading/writing

Question 38

ziggurat

Answer 38

a multistory, mud-brick , pyramid shaped tower approached by ramps and stairs

Question 39

amulet

Answer 39

small charm meath to protect bearer from evil

Question 40

cuneiform

Answer 40

stylized combinations of strokes and wedges (latin for wedge shaped)

Question 41

pharaoh

Answer 41

an Egyptian King

Question 42

Ma'at

Answer 42

divinely authorized order of the universe

Question 43

pyramid

Answer 43

a series of layered stones on top of one another to form an point

Question 44

memphis

Answer 44

dynasty capital south of Thebes (new kingdom)

Question 45

Thebes

Answer 45

area of a ruling dynasties capital (old kingdom )

Question 46

hieroglyphics

Answer 46

Egyptian writing system

Question 47

papyrus

Answer 47

a paper made from papyrus reeds

Question 48

mummy

Answer 48

a de-organed sand/salt filled preserved body wrapped in linen