Semester 1 Review (Mesopotamia - Rome)

Throughout history, these people followed (and still follow) herds and growing seasons

• Nomads

• Voyageurs

• Artisans

• Immigrants

During the early stone ages, people ______________ food.

• hunted and gathered

• farmed

• used science

• used technology to find

During the late stone ages, people began to _____________ for their food

• settle down and farm

• hunt and gather

• beg and grovel

• combine other foods

This was the first known system of writing developed in the Sumerian Civilization:

• Sanskrit

• Cuneiform

• Ziggurats

• Hieroglyphics

The belief in many gods;

• Pantheon

• Monotheism

• Theology

• Polytheism

Abraham is the father or patriarch of what three modern world religions?

• Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism

• Judaism, Christianity, and Sikhism

• Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

• Christianity, Catholicism, and Animism

This book comprises the first 5 books of our Old Testament and serves as Jewish Holy Scripture and the basis for Jewish traditions?

• Torah

• Quran

• Vedas

• Bible

Indians rely on these seasonal winds and rains for subsistence; and, Indian Ocean traders used these to transport goods to and from India?

• Monsoons

• Typhoons

• Vedas

• Cyclones

First Indian civilizations sprang up where?

• Indus River

• Nile River

• Yellow River

• Mediterranean Sea

Indian society defined itself when these fighting peoples moved into the Ganges River plain?

• Aryans

• Indus

• Hindus

• Buddhists