WH (A) Ch. 1 & 2 Early Civilizations

Who is a person or group who moves from place to place.

• Nomad

• Settler

• Pilgrim

• Puritan

What do prehistoric stone tools indicate about hunter-gatherers?

• They prayed to the gods of nature

• They adapted to their natural environment

• THey used language to communicate

• They had separate roles for men and women

Where do historians believe early humans originated from?

• United States

• Europe

• Africa

• Asia

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Green C
• Fertile Curve

Skilled workers who made metal, cloth, or pottery products were called

• Priests
• Artisans 
• Scribes
• Heros

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Gilgamesh
• Hammarabui
• Nineveh
• Sargon

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

• kings and priests
• artisans
• merchants and traders
• scribes

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them