Unit 1: The Rise & Spread of Civilizations

What is the Fertile Crescent?

• The arc of rich soil and is known as Mesopotamia (present day Iraq/middle east)

• The arc of rich soil near the nile river

• A really good pastry roll

• A desert region in modern day middle east region

An object made by humans that sheds light on the past.

• Artisan

• Artifact

• Cuneiform

• Anthropology

The study of past societies through an analysis of the items people left behind.

• Anthropology

• Hominid

• Theocracy

• Archaeology

The study of human life and culture based on artifacts and human fossils

• Anthropology

• Don't click this one

Choses the BEST option: Humans and other humanlike creatures that walk upright

• Homo sapiens sapiens

• Hominid

• Mammal

• Homo sapien

The keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis.

• Neolithic Revolution

• Paleolithic revolution

• Aristocracy

• Systematic Agriculture

A skilled worker who makes products such as weapons and jewelry

• Aristocrat

• Anthropologist

• Artisan

• Priest

A complex culture in which large numbers of people share a number of common elements such as social structure, religion, and art.

• Civilization

• Culture

• City-state

• A Sumerian

In early urban civilizations, important and powerful people who supervised rituals aimed at pleasing gods and goddesses

• Artisans

• Merchants

• Slaves

• Priests

Polytheistic

• Believing in one god

• Believing in many gods

• It means many sides