Unit 1 Western Civ.

Question 1

A long-lasting pattern of organization in a community

Answer 1

Institution

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Nomad

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Bronze Age

Question 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

Answer 4

Slash - and - Burn Farming

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Hunter-Gatherer

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Specialization

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Artifact

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Hominid

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Technology

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Cuneiform

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Civilization

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Artisan

Question 13

A prehistoric period, began 8000 B.C. and ended 3000 B.C. people learned to polish stone tools, make pottery, grow crops, and raise animals (New Stone Age)

Answer 13

Neolithic Age

Question 14

A people’s unique way of life, as shown by its tools, and inventions to meet their needs

Answer 14

Culture

Question 15

One of the professional record keepers in early civilizations

Answer 15

Scribe

Question 16

A prehistoric period, began 2,5000,000 to 8000 B.C. people made use of crude stone tools and weapons (Old Stone Age)

Answer 16

Paleolithic Age

Question 17

The taming of animals for human use

Answer 17

Domestication

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Barter

Question 19

A tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple

Answer 19

Ziggurat

Question 20

The biological species to which modern human beings belong

Answer 20

Homo Sapiens

Question 21

A fertile arc form the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, through Mesopotamia, to the Persian Gulf

Answer 21

Fertile Crescent

Question 22

Known as “the land between the rivers”

Answer 22

Mesopotamia

Question 23

A self governed city surrounded by protective walls and its surrounding territory

Answer 23

City-State

Question 24

A succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, and other fields

Answer 24

Dynasty

Question 25

The spread of the beliefs and social activities of one culture to a different ethnicities, religions, nationalities

Answer 25

Cultural Diffusion

Question 26

Belief/worship of more than one god

Answer 26

Polytheism

Question 27

Extensive groups of states or countries , owned or ruled by one person or group

Answer 27

Empire

Question 28

Babylonian King who confined the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia

Answer 28

Hammurabi

Question 29

A broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river

Answer 29

Delta

Question 30

One out of the two Kings who could have united upper and lower Egypt

Answer 30

Narmer

Question 31

Considered an Egyptian God-Kings

Answer 31

Pharaoh

Question 32

Government in which rule is based on religious authority

Answer 32

Theocracy

Question 33

An immense structure to rest after death

Answer 33

Pyramid

Question 34

Embalming and drying the corpse to prevent it from decaying

Answer 34

Mummification

Question 35

Simple pictographs that scribes use to rest after death

Answer 35

Hieroglyphic

Question 36

A better writing surface the Egyptians made for hieroglyphics

Answer 36

Papyrus

Question 37

Australopithecus- upright walking, opposable thumb;
Homo erectus- tool making, mastery of fire, language;
Neanderthals- burial rituals, building of shelters;
Cro-Magnons- advanced hunting and language skills.

Answer 37

Which advance by a hominid group do you think was the most significant?

Question 38

The age, size, gender, and how long ago they lived.

Answer 38

What clues do bones and artifacts give about early peoples?

Question 39

Invention of tools, mastery of fire, development of language.

Answer 39

What were the major achievements in human history during the Old Stone Age?

Question 40

They used tools to find food and kill it with spear and a chisel-like cutter to make other tools

Answer 40

Which effect of development of agriculture was the most significant?

Question 41

They made a spear to throw so that the prey wouldn’t get to you first.

Answer 41

How did Cro-Magnons new tools make survival easier?

Question 42

Climate, rich supply of grain.

Answer 42

What factors played a role in the origins of agriculture?

Question 43

corn, beans, and squash

Answer 43

What were the first crops grown in the Americas?

Question 44

Technology, Specialized Workers, Institutions, Record Keeping

Answer 44

Which characteristic is the most important for development of a civilization?

Question 45

Advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, advanced technology

Answer 45

What are the key traits of a civilization?