Early Civilizations

What was the main factor allowed Early Civilizations to flourish?

• Ability to domesticate animals

• Access to fertile soil in the form of silt

• Practicing polytheism

• Understanding how to work with Iron and Bronze

In Egypt the Pharaohs believed that:

• They were gods on Earth

• Were unbeatable in battle

• Were going to buried in the Nile River

• Were going to be reincarnated

The belief in many gods is called __________________.

• Theocracy

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Theology

The ruling of a nation or city-state by multiple members of the same family is called a

________________.

• Caste System

• Theocracy

• Dynasty

• Hammurabi

Which innovation allowed Early Humans to sustain larger populations than their previous hunter-gatherer way of life.

• Iron Working

• Nomadic Traveling

• Stone tools

• Agriculture

The Paleolithic Age is also called the __________ ______________ Age.

• Bronze Age

• Stone Age

• Iron Ange

• Ice Age

A ________________ is a political system in which a religious leader, leads a government.

• Democracy

• Dynasty

• Theocracy

• Fertile Crescent

This Area is known as

• Nile River Valley

• Fertile Crescent

• Indus Region

• Yellow River Valley

“If a [noble] man puts out the eye of another [noble] man, his eye shall be put out. If he breaks another

[noble] man’s bone, his bone shall be broken. If he puts out the eye of a [commoner] or breaks the

bone of a [commoner], he shall pay one [silver] mina. If he puts out the eye of a man’s slave or breaks

the bone of a man’s slave, he shall pay one-half of its value”

The excerpt above from the Code of Hammurabi illustrates which of the following about

Babylonian society?

• It made provisions for the economic well-being of all classes.

• It moved away from reliance on corporal punishment.

• It was marked by social inequalities.

• The king was regarded as blessed by divine forces.

Cultural Diffusion would include which of the following?

• Development of trade to places around the world

• Discovering new goods which other’s developed

• Exchanging ideas between trading communities

• Creating new settlements along rivers