Chapters 1 and 2

Question 1

5 characteristics of civilization

Answer 1

Complex institutions, specialized workers, record keeping, advanced technology, and advanced cities.

Question 2

Agriculture revolution

Answer 2

Also known as the Neolithic Revolution. Population rose due to the ability to care for young children. Invention of wheel, villagers were polytheist, worshipped multiple nature.

Question 3

Mesopotamia

Answer 3

an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains

Question 4

Sumer

Answer 4

was the southernmost region of ancient Mesopotamia

Question 5

Hammurabi’s code

Answer 5

a list of 282 specific laws covering things that affected the community.

Question 6

delta

Answer 6

where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea

Question 7

theocracy

Answer 7

a form of government in which the government claims to rule on behalf of a god or deity.

Question 8

papyrus

Answer 8

Papyrus is a grass like water plant found in the Nile region of Egypt, or paper made from this plant.