Unit 1 test

Question 1

Institution

Answer 1

A long-lasting pattern of organization in a community

Question 2

Nomad

Answer 2

A member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering from place to place in search of food and water

Question 3

Bronze Age

Answer 3

A period in human history, beginning around 3000 bc inn some areas, during which people began using bronze, rather than copper or stone, to fashion tools and weapons.

Question 4

Slash-and-Burn Farming

Answer 4

A farming method in which people clear fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses, the ashes of which serve to fertilize the soil

Question 5

Hunter-Gatherer

Answer 5

A member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods

Question 6

Specialization

Answer 6

The development of skills in a particular kind of work, such as trading or record keeping

Question 7

Artifact

Answer 7

A human-made object, such as a tool, weapon, or piece of jewelry

Question 8

Hominid

Answer 8

A member of a biological group including human beings and related species that walk upright

Question 9

Technology

Answer 9

The way in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs

Question 10

Cuneiform

Answer 10

A system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols, invented by the Sumerians.

Question 11

Civilization

Answer 11

A form of culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology

Question 12

Artisan

Answer 12

A skilled worker, such as a weaver or a potter, who makes goods by hand

Question 13

Neolithic Age

Answer 13

A prehistoric period that began about 8000 BC and in some areas ended as early as 3000 BC, during which people learned to polish stone tools, make pottery, grow crops, and raise animals- also called the new Stone Age

Question 14

Culture

Answer 14

A people’s unique way of life, as shown by its tools, customs, arts and ideas

Question 15

Scribe

Answer 15

One of the professional record keepers in early civilizations

Question 16

Paleolithic Age

Answer 16

A prehistoric period that lasted from about 2,500,000 to 8000 BC during which people made use of crude stone, tools and weapons- also called the old Stone Age

Question 17

Domestication

Answer 17

The taming of animals for human use

Question 18

Barter

Answer 18

A form of trade in which people exchange goods and services without the use of money

Question 19

Mary Leakey

Answer 19

In the 1970s, archeologist Mary Leakey led a specific expedition to the region of laetoli in Tanzania in East Africa

Question 20

Fertile Crescent

Answer 20

An arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea.

Question 21

Tigris and Euphrates

Answer 21

rivers of the Fertile Crescent that frame the Mesopotamian Civilization

Question 22

Mesopotamia

Answer 22

region of Fertile Crescent where the first civilization arose and first empire arose

Question 23

City-State

Answer 23

A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit.

Question 24

Dynasty

Answer 24

A series of rulers from the same family

Question 25

Cultural Diffusion

Answer 25

The spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another.

Question 26

Polytheism

Answer 26

A belief in many gods.

Question 27

Empire

Answer 27

A political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler.

Question 28

Hammurabi

Answer 28

Babylonian emperor who created the first written set of laws

Question 29

Babylon

Answer 29

city in Mesopotamia that became an important capital

Question 30

Delta

Answer 30

A marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river.

Question 31

Narmer (Menes)

Answer 31

pharaoh given credit for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt

Question 32

Pharaoh

Answer 32

A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.

Question 33

Theocracy

Answer 33

A government in which the ruler is views as a divine figure.

Question 34

Pyramid

Answer 34

A massive structure with a rectangular base and four triangular sides, like those that were built in Egypt as burial places for Old Kingdom pharaohs.

Question 35

Mummification

Answer 35

A process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying.

Question 36

Hieroglyphics

Answer 36

An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds.

Question 37

Papyrus

Answer 37

A tall reed that grows in the Nile delta, used by the ancient Egyptians to make a paper-like material for writing on

Question 38

Nile River

Answer 38

river whose regular flood cycles helped build Egyptian civilization

Question 39

How did the social structure of village life change as the economy became more complex?

Answer 39

When the economy becomes more complex people who are paid more will have more rights

Question 40

What are the key traits of a civilization?

Answer 40

Advanced cities, Specialized workers, Complex institutions, Record keeping, Improved technology

Question 41

What role did irrigation systems play in the development of civilizations?

Answer 41

An irrigation system makes the process of crops grow more quickly. The quicker they go the more money for the economy that they will make.

Question 42

What were the first crops grown in America?

Answer 42

Corn