Social Studies

Question 1

Sometime around ___ to ___ BCE, the first anatomically modern humans (homo sapiens) appeared.

Answer 1

315,000 to 200,000

Question 2

When did members begin to migrate?

Answer 2

110,000 to 100,000 BCE

Question 3

When did humans begin to practice settled agriculture? And where?

Answer 3

10,000 years ago, In present-day Turkey

Question 4

For how much of their history were hominids nomadic?

Answer 4

For 99% of their history

Question 5

A system where nomadic people move their herds from place to place is called __

Answer 5

Pastoralism

Question 6

Who developed an evolved system of pastoralism?

Answer 6

The Mongols

Question 7

Did the concept of drought exist back then?

Answer 7

No, because there was always water available somewhere

Question 8

The Mongol trading routes created what? Hint: It connected lands.

Answer 8

Silk road

Question 9

What bacteria did the trading routes spread?

Answer 9

Yersinia Pestis

Question 10

What was the infamous plague that spread because of the Silk Road?

Answer 10

The Black Death

Question 11

What was the transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settled agriculture called?

Answer 11

The Neolithic Revolution

Question 12

In what locations did the Neolithic Revolution develop independently?

Answer 12

Southwest Asia, China, and Mesoamerica

Question 13

Farmers work harder for their daily bread than hunter-gatherers do. True or False

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Where did Southwest Asia get their water from?

Answer 14

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Question 15

Where did the Chinese farm?

Answer 15

On elevated terraces above rivers

Question 16

Was Mesoamerica well-watered

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

Large populations of ___ to ___ people sprang up

Answer 17

10,000 to 20,000

Question 18

With irrigation came concentrated …

Answer 18

armies and military power

Question 19

What happened to the Mesopotamia land?

Answer 19

A thick layer of salt began to form

Question 20

What were the Mesopotamians forced to transition to?

Answer 20

Barley

Question 21

Did Egypt have to store water as the Mesopotamians did?

Answer 21

No

Question 22

Where did the Egyptians receive water from?

Answer 22

From the Nile river

Question 23

There was an agricultural collapse in Egypt. True or false?

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Signs of a complex and highly stratified society, with cities, public baths, granaries, and citadels, military and philosophically.

Answer 24

Indus River Civilization

Question 25

Greece was a green and healthy land

Answer 25

False, it was a rocky and dry country

Question 26

What kind of agriculture did the Greeks practice?

Answer 26

Dry agriculture

Question 27

Could Greeks be allowed to take more water?

Answer 27

No, they were forbidden to take water that would decrease the width of the river

Question 28

What water did the Greeks have to rely on?

Answer 28

Rainwater and small reservoirs

Question 29

Irrigation was extremely common in Ancient Greece. True or False?

Answer 29

False, it was extremely rare

Question 30

Greeks built some of the first aqueducts in the world. True or False?

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Did the Greeks recognize the concept of holy water?

Answer 31

Yes, it was believed that spring water held healing properties

Question 32

What were Roman’s successes as a civilization based on?

Answer 32

On aqueducts

Question 33

What evolutionary leap occurred in the late

Answer 33

The industrial revolution

Question 34

From 1700 to 1800, the global usage of water had more than doubled. True or False?

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Los Angelos drained the water from what river?

Answer 35

The Owens Dry Lake