Test One

Question 1

Archeology

Answer 1

the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

Question 2

Anthropology

Answer 2

studies the working of a society/ how people interact based on knowledge

Question 3

City-states

Answer 3

Independent nation states, control outlying country side, have ziggurats

Question 4

Ziggurats

Answer 4

Temples built atop large stepped towers are also the most important buildings held food, religion, government building (multiple purposes)

Question 5

Cuneiform

Answer 5

a system of writing, and created literature that communicated universal themes, used wedge-shaped markings on tablets

Question 6

Polytheistic

Answer 6

beliving in many gods

Question 7

Theocracy

Answer 7

a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

Question 8

Stone Age

Answer 8

the earliest know part of human history used stone for tools.

Question 9

Neolithic

Answer 9

is the time that coincides with the agricultural revolution (new stone age)

Question 10

Paleolithic

Answer 10

relating to or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when used primitive stone implements.

Question 11

Mesopotamia

Answer 11

the border area is known as the fertile crescent between the Tigers and Euphrates rivers. Developed first early societies

Question 12

Gilgamesh

Answer 12

was a hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian. Summarian king

Question 13

History

Answer 13

after written records

Question 14

Pre-history

Answer 14

before written records (different around the world)

Question 15

Systematic agriculture

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the deliberate planting and growing crops and raising of animals for consumption

Question 16

Fertile Crescent

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by Tigers and Euphrates: the bordering area: modern-day Iraq and Iran

Question 17

Sumeria

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used city-states, polytheistic, started using social systems.

Question 18

Nomads

Answer 18

move around alot

Question 19

Sedentary

Answer 19

staying in one place

Question 20

Sumerians social classes

Answer 20

differentiated between nobles, commoners, and slaves. Priest and government officials are nobles. Merchants artisans and farmers were commoners and are free. Occupations are introduced causing people’s jobs to become more important than others

Question 21

Neolithic period

Answer 21

the final part of the prehistoric period. megalithic architecture, the spread of agricultural practices, and the use of polished stone tools.

Question 22

Agricultural revolution

Answer 22

Realized they could eat food items that do not travel nor kill (start eating plants)