Unit 1 - - Human Origins And The Fertile Crescent

Question 1

Is disease a risk that is associated with agriculture?

Answer 1

YES

Question 2

Where did the Hebrews establish the Kingdom of Israel?

Answer 2

Canaan

Question 3

What city served as the final Assyrian capital and home to a great library?

Answer 3

Nineveh

Question 4

What did the Sumerian kings build to honor their gods?

Answer 4

Ziggurats

Question 5

Which two Phoenician city-states were the largest?

Answer 5

Tyre and Byblos

Question 6

What were the causes and effects of the Jewish Diaspora?

Answer 6

Assyrians conquest and Babylonian exile dispersed Hebrews from Canaan
Hebrews wrote the Hebrew Bible in order to preserve their religion

Question 7

What is the study of society’s interaction with the past?

Answer 7

History

Question 8

What kind of language did the Akkadians spread all across their empire?

Answer 8

Semitic

Question 9

What is the term for the first upright beings to develop about 3 million years ago?

Answer 9

Hominids

Question 10

What was the name of a Phoenician colony?

Answer 10

Carthage

Question 11

Is a millennium a set of 100 years?

Answer 11

NO

Question 12

What is the term for the system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols?

Answer 12

Cuneiform

Question 13

Be able to name the city-states that developed in Sumer?

Answer 13

Ur
Uruk
Nippur
Umma
Babylon
Kish
Eridu

Question 14

What did the Assyrians use to increase their power and territory?

Answer 14

Iron weapons
Fear
Battering rams

Question 15

What innovation was developed in Sumer?

Answer 15

Wheel

Question 16

What king built the first temple in Jerusalem to honor Yahweh?

Answer 16

Solomon

Question 17

Are primary sources a firsthand account?

Answer 17

YES

Question 18

What was the largest settlement during the Neolithic Revolution?

Answer 18

Catalhuyuk

Question 19

Did humans first reach North America by sailing across the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 19

NO

Question 20

Is bronze stronger than copper?

Answer 20

YES

Question 21

Does A.D. stand after death?

Answer 21

No

Question 22

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?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Was hierarchy first developed during the Stone Age?

Answer 23

YES

Question 24

What is the significance of Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Where was the first traces of human activity found?

Answer 25

Great Rift Valley

Question 26

Who is considered to be the forefather of the Hebrews?

Answer 26

Abraham

Question 27

What scientific field was pioneered by the Chaldeans in Babylon?

Answer 27

Astronomy

Question 28

What is the term for the study of interactions between people and their environment?

Answer 28

Geography

Question 29

Did King David Choose Jerusalem as his new capital?

Answer 29

YES

Question 30

What is the term that refers to weather patterns over an extended period of time?

Answer 30

Climate

Question 31

Why did Hammurabi create a law code? Why is it significant?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

What was the most common subject of cave paintings during the Ice Age?

Answer 32

Animals

Question 33

Was King Solomon the first king to unites the Hebrews against the Philistines?

Answer 33

NO

Question 34

Did the Phoenicians become famous for trading valuable red dye?

Answer 34

NO

Question 35

Did most people live near oceans, river or lakes?

Answer 35

YES

Question 36

What is the term for “Land between the rivers” in Greek?

Answer 36

Mesopotamia

Question 37

What was the name of a city-state that developed in Sumer?

Answer 37

Uruk

Question 38

Why is Catalhuyuk the most famous settlement of the Neolithic Period?

Answer 38

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

Question 39

What time period does the term prehistoric refer to?

Answer 39

Before the development of Writing

Question 40

What people did the Hebrews fight against when they returned to their homeland?

Answer 40

Philistines

Question 41

What is the term for the belief in only one god?

Answer 41

Monotheism

Question 42

What development defined the Neolithic Revolution?

Answer 42

Agriculture

Question 43

Did the priests control the irrigation system in each Sumerian city-state?

Answer 43

NO

Question 44

What is the term for people who travel in search of food and resources?

Answer 44

Nomads

Question 45

Be able to discuss the Phoenician alphabet - describe the characteristics of this writing system - how and why was it developed?

Answer 45

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

Question 46

What river is found within the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 46

Euphrates River
Jordon Rive
Tigris River