Review

What did the Sumerians add to future societies?

• patriarchy and job specialization
• clearly defined government and large cities
• raising livestock and monumental architecture
• social classes and agricultural surplus

Which of these best describes the religious differences in early Mesopotamia and early Egyptian civilizations? 

• Mesopotamians were Islamic, while Egyptians were animistic
• Mesopotamians were polytheistic but Egyptians believed in one god.
• Egyptians were polytheistic but Mesopotamians believed in one god.
• Egyptian gods were protective, but Mesopotamian gods were threatening.

Early civilizations, such as those in Egypt, Sumer, and Harappa, were all located along coastal areas.

• centered around rivers that flooded regularly
•  destroyed by drastic changes in climate
• found in subtropical climates.
• located along coastal areas.

Early civilizations in Egypt, India, and China all share which common trait? 

• they were founded along rivers and fertile valleys
• each civilization flourished despite harsh desert conditions
• we know little about them due to catastrophic natural disasters
• their coastal locations allowed them to trade with the Roman Empire

Because rivers like the Nile, Tigris, and the Euphrates flooded in ancient times

• people lived in a constant state of fear as to when the next flood would hit.
• land around the river was fertile and capable of supporting farming
• the concepts of cooperation and democracy were founded.
• those places were never able to form civilizations.

Which of these is a similarity between early Indus River Valley and early Chinese civilizations?

• neither showed signs of great wealth
• each declined due to a change in the climate
• agriculture was an important part of the economy
• their daily lives were highly documented by scholars.

The Greek philosopher Socrates is known for the Socratic Method of teaching we still use today.  This method relies heavily on 

• research 
• observation
• question and answer
• experimentation

What Roman architectural invention allowed them to make larger enclosed buildings than the Greeks?

• the arch
• the dome
• indoor plumbing
• spiral staircases

Which ancient alphabet forms the basis for the majority of modern languages in use today?

• Spanish
• Sanskrit
• Cuneiform
• the Roman or Latin alphabet

A major contribution of the Roman Republic to Western European culture was the belief that political power should be controlled by the military.

• concept of government by laws.
• rejection of the concept of slavery.
• establishment of  agricultural communes
• belief that political power should be controlled by the military.