unit 1 test

Question 1

what is the Paleolithic age

Answer 1

is The period of time that extends from the beginning of human existence, approximately 2.5 million years ago, until around 10,000 years ago, relating to the time humans began to use simple tools made from stone.

Question 2

what is the Neolithic age

Answer 2

is home to a Neolithic dig site where late Stone Age pieces have been discovered.

Question 3

what is the Neolithic revolution

Answer 3

was the first agricultural revolution. It was a gradual change from nomadic hunting and gathering communities and bands to agriculture and settlement.

Question 4

What factors played a role in the origins of agriculture?

Answer 4

Climate, rich supply of grain.

Question 5

what is domestication

Answer 5

the adaptation of a plant or animal from a wild or natural state (as by selective breeding) to life in close association with humans.

Question 6

what is christianity

Answer 6

is a Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life, teachings, and miracles of Jesus of Nazareth, known by Christians as the Christ, or “Messiah”, who is the focal point of the Christian faiths.

Question 7

what is pre history

Answer 7

the period of time before written records.

Question 8

What were the three environmental challenges to Sumerians?

Answer 8

Unpredictable flooding, no natural barriers for protection, limited resources.

Question 9

What areas of life did Hammurabi’s Code cover?

Answer 9

The code lists 282 specific laws dealing with everything that affected the community, including family relations, business conduct, and crime.

Question 10

How did the Sumerians view the gods?

Answer 10

The Sumerians believed in 3,000 plus gods to explain everything in nature

Question 11

who is pharaoh

Answer 11

a ruler in ancient Egypt.

Question 12

what is the pyramid

Answer 12

a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.

Question 13

How did being surrounded by deserts benefit Egyptian development?

Answer 13

The desert offered protection from invaders

Question 14

How did the Egyptians view the pharaoh?

Answer 14

The Egyptians viewed their pharaoh as a living God.

Question 15

Why did Egyptians mummify bodies?

Answer 15

Egyptians believed that when someone died, their soul left their body. The soul would then return and be reunited with the body after it was buried.

Question 16

what are the tree period of greek

Answer 16

the Archaic Period, the Classical Period, and the Hellenistic Period.

Question 17

Mycenaean

Answer 17

relating to or denoting a late Bronze Age civilization in Greece represented by finds at Mycenae and other ancient cities of Peloponnesus.

Question 18

Trojan War

Answer 18

Greek mythology. a war fought by the Greeks against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen from her Greek husband Menelaus by Paris, son of the Trojan king.

Question 19

Dorian

Answer 19

a member of a Hellenic people speaking the Doric dialect of Greek, thought to have entered Greece from the north c. 1100 BC. They settled in Peloponnesus and later colonized Sicily and southern Italy.

Question 20

Why were the epics of importance to the Greeks of the Dorian period?

Answer 20

The Greeks believed that he epics were stories from their past, their history.