Early History Vocabulary Quiz

What time period would this have occurred in?

• Paleolithic Era
• Neolithic Era

Paleolithic Era 

• The first part of the stone age when people started using stone tools
• Farming 
• An object created by humans to make like easier 
• A New Stone Age when people learned to use complex tools and make fire

Neolithic Era 

• The years after year 1 on the Christian calendar 
• The New Stone Age when people learned to make complex tools and fire
• Common Era 
• A flat representation of a curved surface 

Artifact 

• to supply water to an area of land 
• a period of time that is different from others 
• half of a sphere
• An object created by humans 

Cultural Diffusion

• The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.
  
• How culturally similar a people can be.
  
• The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
• The principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.

The two major rivers located in Mesopotamia are the ________________ and _______________.

• Tigris and Euphrates
• Indus and Ganges
• Indus and Euphrates
• Nile and Yellow

What are the five components of civilization?

• Complex Institutions, Religion, Cities, Government, Roads
• Complex Institutions, Infrastructure, Record Keeping, Social Class, Job Specialization
• Job Specialization, Government, Agriculture, Social Class, Record Keeping
• Bridges, Language, Government, Economy, Job Specialization

Who's code of law included "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth?"

• Hammurabi
• Sargon
• Cyrus
• Plato

What was the first known civilization?

• Rome
• Babylon
• Greece
• Sumeria

All early civilizations rose up around what?

• Cities
• Ziggurats
• Rivers
• Mountains