Unit 1 - - Human Origins And The Fertile Crescent Flashcards
Is disease a risk that is associated with agriculture?
YES
Where did the Hebrews establish the Kingdom of Israel?
Canaan
What city served as the final Assyrian capital and home to a great library?
Nineveh
What did the Sumerian kings build to honor their gods?
Ziggurats
Which two Phoenician city-states were the largest?
Tyre and Byblos
What were the causes and effects of the Jewish Diaspora?
Assyrians conquest and Babylonian exile dispersed Hebrews from Canaan
Hebrews wrote the Hebrew Bible in order to preserve their religion
What is the study of society’s interaction with the past?
History
What kind of language did the Akkadians spread all across their empire?
Semitic
What is the term for the first upright beings to develop about 3 million years ago?
Hominids
What was the name of a Phoenician colony?
Carthage
Is a millennium a set of 100 years?
NO
What is the term for the system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols?
Cuneiform
Be able to name the city-states that developed in Sumer?
Ur
Uruk
Nippur
Umma
Babylon
Kish
Eridu
What did the Assyrians use to increase their power and territory?
Iron weapons
Fear
Battering rams
What innovation was developed in Sumer?
Wheel
What king built the first temple in Jerusalem to honor Yahweh?
Solomon
Are primary sources a firsthand account?
YES
What was the largest settlement during the Neolithic Revolution?
Catalhuyuk
Did humans first reach North America by sailing across the Pacific Ocean?
NO
Is bronze stronger than copper?
YES
Does A.D. stand after death?
No
Ba able to discuss the Neolithic revolution - - describe the developments during this period as well as the new rewards and risks that people faced - - explain why this period was significant in human history?
Transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture
Nomads establish more permanent settlements
The risk of crop failure and disease
Agriculture developed because of population growth - - depletion of wild food source
The surplus of crops allowed societies to become more complex
Was hierarchy first developed during the Stone Age?
YES
What is the significance of Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals?
They were the two main groups of Homo sapiens (which is a direct relative of modern humans)
Cro-Magnons outlasted Neanderthals
Cro-Magnons had longer lives and better language skills
Where was the first traces of human activity found?
Great Rift Valley
Who is considered to be the forefather of the Hebrews?
Abraham
What scientific field was pioneered by the Chaldeans in Babylon?
Astronomy
What is the term for the study of interactions between people and their environment?
Geography
Did King David Choose Jerusalem as his new capital?
YES
What is the term that refers to weather patterns over an extended period of time?
Climate
Why did Hammurabi create a law code? Why is it significant?
It was an organized legal system for a growing society
Punishments were equal for all the classes - - eye for an eye
They influenced the Hebrew laws
What was the most common subject of cave paintings during the Ice Age?
Animals
Was King Solomon the first king to unites the Hebrews against the Philistines?
NO
Did the Phoenicians become famous for trading valuable red dye?
NO
Did most people live near oceans, river or lakes?
YES
What is the term for “Land between the rivers” in Greek?
Mesopotamia
What was the name of a city-state that developed in Sumer?
Uruk
Why is Catalhuyuk the most famous settlement of the Neolithic Period?
They had thousands of people living there
They were able to make blades and mirrors from obsidian
They also built shrines to gods and goddesses
What time period does the term prehistoric refer to?
Before the development of Writing
What people did the Hebrews fight against when they returned to their homeland?
Philistines
What is the term for the belief in only one god?
Monotheism
What development defined the Neolithic Revolution?
Agriculture
Did the priests control the irrigation system in each Sumerian city-state?
NO
What is the term for people who travel in search of food and resources?
Nomads
Be able to discuss the Phoenician alphabet - describe the characteristics of this writing system - how and why was it developed?
Phoenician alphabet used one symbol to represent each sound
Easier to learn and use (had fewer symbols)
Simplified writing system to conduct business in large trade network
Phoenician alphabet inspired the Greek and Roman alphabet which we use today
What river is found within the Fertile Crescent?
Euphrates River
Jordon Rive
Tigris River
