history 1 exam study

Multiple Choice

Key term: written and other recorded events of people

• prehistory

• archeologist

• history

• geography

Multiple Choice

key term: time before writing

• prehistory

• archeoligst

• history

• geography

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key term: a scientst who examins objects to learn about the human past.

• prehistory

• archeologist

• history

• geography

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key term: the study of Earth's surface and the processes that shape it.

• prehistory

• archeologist

• History

• geography

Multiple Choice

why is the discovery of the iceman in the Alps so important?

• the iceman are cool

• helps us understand our past

• the iceman aren't important

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

what was found with the iceman that helps us understand life 5,000 years ago

• their backpack

• yellow and red

• clothing, and tools

• animal skin, and copper axe

Multiple Choice

what's the challenge of under standing events before written language?

• clothing, and tools

• helps us understand our past

• there was no written records

• bones

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what item do we use to help us understand the past before written language?

• sifting dirt of prehistoric camps

• Archeologist found bones, tools, and other objects

• we didn't understand the past

• Both a & b

Multiple Choice

Key term: a period of time during which hominids made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone; the earliest known period of prehistoric culture.

• nomad

• domesticate

• Stone Age

• surplus

Multiple Choice

Key term: a person who has no settled home.

• nomad

• domesticate

• Stone Age

• surplus

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Key term: To adapt wild plants or tame wild animals and to breed them for human use.

• nomad

• domesticate

• Stone Age

• surplus

Multiple Choice

what are the challenges of a Hunter-Gather life?

• its safe

• Both yellow and red

• hunt is risky

• food source is NOT reliable

Multiple Choice

Key term: more than is needed

• Irrigation

• civilization

• social class

• surplus

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Key term; supplying land with water through a network of canals.

• irrigation

• civilization

• social class

• surplus

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Key term: a society with cities, a central government, job specialization.

• irrigation

• civilization

• social class

• surplus

Multiple Choice

Key term: A group of people with similar backgrounds, incomes, and waves of living.

• irrigation

• civilization

• social class

• surplus

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what are the advantages of a settled life of an agriculture?

• takes a long time, and it's a lot of work

• hunt is risky

• food is NOT reliable

• it's safer, and its a more reliable food source

Multiple Choice

what are the challenges of a settled life agriculture?

• takes a long time, and it's a lot of work

• hunt is risky

• it's NOT a reliable food source

• it's safer, and its a more reliable food source

Multiple Choice

Key term: a professional writer

• scribe

• fertile crescent

• city-state

• polytheism

• myth

Multiple Choice

Key term: a region in southwest Asia; site of the first civilization.

• scribe

• Fertile Crescent

• city-state

• polytheism

• myth

Multiple Choice

Key term: a city that is also a separate in dependent

• scribe

• fertile crescent

• city-state

• polytheism

• myth

Multiple Choice

Key term: the belief in many gods

• scribe

• Fertile Crescent

• city-state

• polytheism

• myth

Multiple Choice

Key term: a traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explains peoples beliefs.

• scribe

• Fertile Crescent

• city-state

• polytheism

• myth

Multiple Choice

how did the geographic string make the rise of civilization possible in the Fertile Crescent.

• rich soil

• surplus food

• many traders and farmers

• life giving rivers

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

what caused the fall/destruction of Sumer as a civilization?

• wealth

• fighting over land

• the use of river water

• rulers won and lost control

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Key term: many territories and people controlled by one government.

• empire

• caravan

• bazaar

• polytheism

Multiple Choice

Key term: a group of travelers journeying together.

• empire

• caravan

• bazaar

• polytheism

Multiple Choice

Key term: a market selling different kinds of goods

• empire

• caravan

• bazaar

• polytheism