Ancient World History

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What does the term “civilization” mean?

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Larger groups of people living together in one place in more complex societies with social hierarchies and specialization of labor.

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How did geography play a key role in the early development of civilizations? Options: Societies developed near oceans, Societies developed in river valleys, Societies developed in the desert, Societies developed in the tundra.

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Societies developed in river valleys.

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River valleys offer societies access to water and fertile soil for highly productive agriculture as well as large mammal and plants suitable for domestication. True or False?

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True

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Because of intense farming, civilizations required more people to live in an area, which of the following developed: Culture, Law, Written Language, All of these

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All of these

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Civilizations in Afro-Eurasia developed around rivers. Which of the following is NOT one of those rivers? Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia, The Nile in Egypt, The Indus River in modern India/Pakistan, The Amazon in Brazil

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The Amazon in Brazil

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What is social hierarchy?

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An order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top.

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What does polytheistic mean?

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Worshipping or believing in more than one god.

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What is intensification?

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Getting more resources from a given land area by creating new technologies and lifeways.

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How did intensification effect early civilizations?

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Increase in the number of people in a particular place.

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Writing systems and laws developed over time in the exact same way for each society.

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False