Unit 1

Question 1

Agricultural revolution

Answer 1

When farming became the main method for getting food.

Question 2

Characteristics of a civilization acronym

Answer 2

CAARS

Question 3

Complex institutions

Answer 3

Government, organized religion, economy, education.

Question 4

Advanced cities

Answer 4

Areas with a large population where trade occurs

Question 5

Advanced technology

Answer 5

New tools and techniques to solve problems that emerge.

Question 6

Record keeping

Answer 6

Some form of written language.

Question 7

Specialization

Answer 7

Jobs other than farming.

Question 8

What is patriarchy?

Answer 8

A system of society or government in which men hold the power.

Question 9

Who is largely excluded from power in a patriarchal system?

Answer 9

Women

Question 10

What sparked the idea of private property?

Answer 10

Settlement/farming

Question 11

Domestication

Answer 11

Taming of animals for human use.

Question 12

Social stratification

Answer 12

Social hierarchy

Question 13

What is the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 13

A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East.

Question 14

Which regions are included in the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 14

Assyria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Persia.

Question 15

Artisans

Answer 15

Skilled workers who make goods by hand.

Question 16

Scribes

Answer 16

Professional record keepers.

Question 17

City-state

Answer 17

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside.

Question 18

What is an empire?

Answer 18

A political order that rules over many distinct peoples.

Question 19

What are the characteristics of an empire’s borders?

Answer 19

Empires have flexible borders and a desire to absorb more territory and peoples.

Question 20

What does an empire do with diverse cultures?

Answer 20

Empires unite diverse cultures under a single political umbrella.

Question 21

What happens to the diversity within an empire over time?

Answer 21

The diversity is reduced and peoples are assimilated into the dominant culture.

Question 22

Hammurabi’s Code

Answer 22

First written set of laws that all Babylonians were expected to obey.

Question 23

Babylonian Empire

Answer 23

Empire in Mesopotamia which was formed by Hammurabi.

Question 24

Mesopotamia

Answer 24

Region often called the Cradle of Civilization.

Question 25

What is Sumer?

Answer 25

Sumer is one of the earliest civilizations in Mesopotamia.

Question 26

Where is Sumer located?

Answer 26

Sumer is located in the southern part of Mesopotamia.

Question 27

What advancements is Sumer known for?

Answer 27

Sumer is known for its advancements in writing, law, and urban development.

Question 28

Urbanization

Answer 28

Movement of people from rural areas to cities

Question 29

Agriculture by 500 BCE

Answer 29

East Africa, West coast of Africa, most of Europe and Asia.

Question 30

Agriculture by 2000 BCE

Answer 30

Small part of China, southern India

Question 31

Agriculture by 3000 BCE

Answer 31

Northwest coast of Africa, coast of Europe and Azerbaijan/Georgia, etc.

Question 32

Agriculture by 5000 BCE

Answer 32

Fertile crescent, North China

Question 33

What areas had agriculture first?

Answer 33

Fertile crescent, North China