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Chapter 1
Neolithic Revolution and Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The growing of food and keeping of animals on a regular basis | systematic agriculture |
| A person who is skilled in some type of work, such as pottery or weapons | artisan |
| The way of life a people follows | culture |
| A complex culture in which people share common traits, such as religion and government | civilization |
| In early civilizations, they were important people who oversaw religious rituals and worked to please gods and goddesses | priests |
| A city that grew to have political and economic control over its surrounding lands | city-state |
| A step pyramid built in ancient Mesopotamia as a temple | ziggurat |
| Believing in many gods | polytheistic |
| A government that is based on a leader's divine, or religious, authority | theocracy |
| The type of writing in ancient Mesopotamia | cuneiform |
| The Neolithic Revolution began about this many years ago | 10,000 |
| This was the time when humans moved from being primarily hunter-gatherers to farming | Neolithic Revolution |
| The earliest evidence of agriculture was found by archeologists here | Mesopotamia |
| Specialization, the formation of cities, and an increase in population are all results of this | Neolithic Revolution |
| These two crops were probably the first domesticated by humans | wheat and barley |
| Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers | Tigris and Euphrates |
| Slaves, commoners, and royalty were different _____ in Mesopotamia | social classes |
| A strong central authority and religious beliefs are shown in Mesopotamia by the building of these | ziggurats |
| These were early industries in Mesopotamia | pottery, textiles, and metalworking |
| Mesopotamian religion can be described as this | polytheistic |
| These were important city-states in Mesopotamia | Ur, Babylon, Uruk |
| The Sumerians established city-states in approximately this year | 3,000 B.C.E. |
| Mesopotamian societies were ruled by these people | kings |
| These are the six key characteristics of civilizations | art, government, social structure, religion, cities, and writing |
| These are all drawbacks of the Neolithic Revolution | disease, famine, deforestation, desertification, poorer nutrition, slavery |
| These are all results of the Neolithic Revolution | emergence of cities, specialization, world population increase |
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Mrs. Marquardt
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