Period 1

Question 1

Paleolithic peoples

Answer 1

engaged in artistic activities, as indicated by surviving cave paintings

Question 2

The central aspect of the Neolithic Revolution was the

Answer 2

emergence of systematic food production techniques capable of regularly growing grains and vegetables and breeding, working and eating domesticated animals

Question 3

Ancient Sumerian city-states except that

Answer 3

their political structure was democratic in nature

Question 4

The annual flooding of the Nile River

Answer 4

enabled Egyptian civilization to thrive by leaving deposits of fertile silt

Question 5

Egyptian hieroglyphs

Answer 5

used sacred characters as picture signs

Question 6

The Phoenicians

Answer 6

invented an alphabet

Question 7

Mesopotamian religion

Answer 7

was reinforced by the intensity of the religion’s environment

Question 8

The Assyrian Empire

Answer 8

was skilled at waging both conventional terrorist warfare

Question 9

The image provides evidence to support the argument (The Spread of Agriculture)

Answer 9

The Neolithic Revolution occurred independently in several region

Question 10

what is not an effect of the phenomenon illustrated in the map (The Spread of Agriculture)

Answer 10

population decrease

Question 11

The excerpt above from the ‘Code of Hammurabi’ suggests that

Answer 11

The was low tolerance in Babylonian society

Question 12

What can be inferred from these pictures of Mohenjo Daro (well-planned city)

Answer 12

It had a well-organized government

Question 13

Which statement is best supported by the evidence from the picture above (Egyptians cutting crops)

Answer 13

Because they have a steady source of food, the people pictured can stay in one place

Question 14

the map above shows (shaded area)

Answer 14

agricultural regions of early civilizations