Chapter 1 The Ancient World and Classical Past

Question 1

CIVILIZATION

Answer 1

a social, economic, and political entity distinguished by the ability to express itself through images and written language.
. The Existence of an administrative elite
. It is a system of organization

Question 2

When does a civilization develop

Answer 2

when the environment can support a large and productive population

Question 3

The first civilizations occur near river valleys where agriculture could take hold. What were these rivers

Answer 3

1. Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia
2. The Nile in Egypt
3. The Indus in India
4. The Yellow river in China

Question 4

2 ways that ancient civilization got the goods and produce that was not produce in their community

Answer 4

1. Trade

2. War

Question 5

CULTURE

Answer 5

Is the set of common values: religious, social and/or political-that govern the system of a civilization
. It encompasses the values and behaviors shared by a group of people, developed over time, and passed down from one generation to the next.
.Culture is manifested in laws, customs, ritual behviour, and artistic production common to the group

Question 6

When was writing invented

Answer 6

around the 4th millenium BCE

Question 7

HUMANISM

Answer 7

The study of the human mind and its moral and ethical dimensions

Question 8

PREHISTORIC

Answer 8

Existing before the time of writing, before recorded history

Question 9

PALEOLITHIC ERA

Answer 9

Old stone age: people sustained themselves on game and wild plants

Question 10

AGENCY

Answer 10

Term to explain the purpose of prehistoric paintings: These paintings were thought to posses/exert some power or authority over the world of those who came in contact with them.

Question 11

RITUAL

Answer 11

is a rite or ceremony habitually practiced by a group, often in religious context

Question 12

HOMININS

Answer 12

Early upright humans

Question 13

Homininds

Answer 13

includes great apes, chips, and humans

Question 14

The development of agriculture saw the advent of what new era

Answer 14

Neolithic era: the New Stone Age

Question 15

Where did agrculture develop

Answer 15

in the Fertile Crescent

Question 16

what occured when food supply exceeded need

Answer 16

Th community was freed to peruse other things such food preservation, construction religion and military affairs villages soon grew to cities that were permanent.

Question 17

EMERGENCE MYTH

Answer 17

creation myth