Transcript River Valley Civilizations

Prehistory to Early
Civilizations
Paleolithic Era
Neolithic Era
Civilization
Prehistory refers to the period of time
A. after the first civilizations emerged
B. before written language
C. When the first nation-states emerged
How do we learn about
prehistoric humans?
A. We study their books and ancient
writings.
B. We dig up and analyze what is left of
them and the things they made
C. We study government documents.
Who studies past cultures by locating
and analyzing human remains, fossils,
and artifacts?
A. botonist
B. historian
C. archaeologist
Which is the most accurate way to determine
the age of an organic (once living) item?
A. Compare it to the age
of other items found
at the same site
B. Relative dating
C. Analyze the carbon14 content (carbon
dating)
What is the name of this archaeological
site located in England?
A. Parthenon
B. Pantheon
C. Stonehenge
Aleppo, Jericho, Çatalhöyük, and Stonehenge
are all archaeological sites built during the
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3.
4.
Paleolithic Era
Neolithic Era
Early civilization
Classical Era
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Mediterran
ean Sea
Aleppo
Jeric
ho
The Neolithic cities pictured on the map grew due to
the agricultural advantage of their location
1.
2.
3.
4.
in the Fertile Crescent
on the Aegean Sea
in the Indus Valley
on the Persian Gulf
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Çatalhöyük is an example of a Neolithic
settlement currently under excavation
in
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2.
3.
4.
England
Anatolia
Mesopotamia
Egypt
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Where are the oldest remains of
humans found?
A. Europe
B. Africa
C. Asia
The scientific name for modern man is
A. homo erectus
B. homo habilis
C. homo sapiens
Which era lasted from the
emergence of man until the
development of agriculture?
A. Neolithic
B. Civilization
C. Paleolithic
Another name for the
Paleolithic Era is the
A. bronze age
B. new stone age
C. old stone age
How did people of the old stone age
obtain food?
A. farming
B. hunting and
gathering
C. trading
All of the following were characteristics
of hunter-gatherer societies EXCEPT
A. nomadic
B. pottery
C. oral language
D. fire
E. simple tools and
weapons
Paleolithic people lived in
A.cities
B.permanent villages
C.clans (family groups)
The key invention of the Neolithic era
was the development of
A. cities
B. agriculture
C. fire
Because they no longer had to migrate in search of
food and water, people of the Neolithic Era were
able to live in ______ and settle in_______.
A.tents/clans
B.permanent dwellings/villages
C.caves/cities
All of the following are new technologies
developed during the new stone age EXCEPT
A. woven cloth
B. bronze tools
C. domesticated
animals
D. pottery
What is the key feature of civilization?
A. permanent dwellings
B. settled farming
C. cities
What was the main reason for the
growth of cities?
A. agricultural surplus
B. urban planning
C. invention of cement
What led to the production of extra
food in the earliest civilizations?
A. The three-field system
B. the plow, irrigation, and
better farming tools
C. Farm subsidies
All of the following are
characteristics of early
civilizations EXCEPT
A. cities
B. centralized
governments
C. rigid class system
D. elected rulers
E. written language
All of the following are characteristics of early
civilizations EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
law codes
job specialization
bronze and iron tools
hereditary rulers
monotheistic religions
The earliest written languages (cuneiform,
hieroglyphics) developed from
A. pictograms
B. letters
C. sounds
Job Specialization
Match jobs to descriptions:
A. artisans : blacksmiths, brick-layers, potters,
weavers
B. scribes : could read and write
C. merchants : bought and sold goods (traded).
Polytheism is the belief in
A.one God
B. many gods
C. no god(s)