Intro (1)

Question 1

______ (PREHISTORY TO 500 C.E.)

Answer 1

THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS AND THE RISE OF EMPIRES

Question 2

THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS AND THE RISE OF EMPIRES (______)

Answer 2

PREHISTORY TO 500 C.E.

Question 3

For hundreds of thousands of years, human beings ______, seeking to survive by hunting, fishing, and foraging in an often hostile environment.

Answer 3

lived in small communities

Question 3

For ______, human beings lived in small communities, seeking to survive by hunting, fishing, and foraging in an often hostile environment.

Answer 3

hundreds of thousands of years

Question 4

For hundreds of thousands of years, human beings lived in small communities, ______ by hunting, fishing, and foraging in an often hostile environment.

Answer 4

seeking to survive

Question 5

For hundreds of thousands of years, human beings lived in small communities, seeking to survive by ______ in an often hostile environment.

Answer 5

hunting, fishing, and foraging

Question 6

Then, ______, there was an abrupt change of direction as human beings in a few widely scattered areas of the globe began to master the art of cultivating food crops.

Answer 6

in the space of a few thousand years

Question 7

Then, in the space of a few thousand years, there was ______ as human beings in a few widely scattered areas of the globe began to master the art of cultivating food crops.

Answer 7

an abrupt change of direction

Question 8

Then, in the space of a few thousand years, there was an abrupt change of direction as human beings in ______ began to master the art of cultivating food crops.

Answer 8

a few widely scattered areas of the globe

Question 9

Then, in the space of a few thousand years, there was an abrupt change of direction as human beings in a few widely scattered areas of the globe began to ______.

Answer 9

master the art of cultivating food crops

Question 10

As ______, the population in such areas grew, and people began to congregate in larger communities.

Answer 10

food production increased

Question 11

As food production increased, ______, and people began to congregate in larger communities.

Answer 11

the population in such areas grew

Question 12

As food production increased, the population in such areas grew, and people ______.

Answer 12

began to congregate in larger communities

Question 13

______ and became centers of cultural and religious development.

Answer 13

Cities appeared

Question 14

Cities appeared and became ______.

Answer 14

centers of cultural and religious development

Question 15

Historians refer to these changes as ______.

Answer 15

the beginnings of civilization

Question 16

______ did the first civilizations arise?

Answer 16

How and why

Question 17

How and why did ______ arise?

Answer 17

the first civilizations

Question 18

How and why did the first civilizations ______?

Answer 18

arise

Question 19

What role did ______ play in [the civilizations’] development?

Answer 19

crosscultural contacts

Question 20

What was the ______ between these permanent settlements and nonagricultural peoples living elsewhere in the world?

Answer 20

the nature of the relationship

Question 21

What was the nature of the relationship between ______ and ______?

Answer 21

• these permanent settlements
• nonagricultural peoples living elsewhere in the world

Question 22

Finally, ______, and what legacy did they leave for their successors in the region?

Answer 22

what brought about the demise of these early civilizations

Question 23

Finally, what brought about the demise of these early civilizations, and ______?

Answer 23

what legacy did they leave for their successors in the region

Question 24

The first civilizations that emerged in ______, ______, ______, and ______ in the fourth and third millennia B.C.E. all shared a number of basic characteristics.

Answer 24

* Mesopotamia * Egypt * India * China

Question 25

The first civilizations that emerged in Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China in ______ all shared a number of basic characteristics.

Answer 25

the fourth and third millennia B.C.E.

Question 26

The first civilizations that emerged in Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China in the fourth and third millennia B.C.E. all ______

Answer 26

shared a number of basic characteristics

Question 27

Each [civilization] ______ that was able to provide the agricultural resources needed to maintain a large population.

Answer 27

developed in a river valley

Question 28

Each [civilization] developed in a river valley that was ______ to maintain a large population.

Answer 28

able to provide the agricultural resources needed

Question 29

Each [civilization] developed in a river valley that was able to provide the agricultural resources needed to ______.

Answer 29

maintain a large population