Early Humans and the Rise of Civilization

The people of this age got their food from hunting and gathering.

• Pantheotic Age

• Mesozoic Age

• Paleothilic Age

• Neo-Paleothilic Age

Early settlements were in the Fertile Crescent because...

• the soil was good for crops

• there was enough food to gather

• there was enough animals to hunt

• people moved constantly

Early farmers began to raise plants and animals which gave them

• scarcity of food

• a stable food supply

• rotting food

• refrigerators

Communities began to produce more food than they needed, so people started to

• become lazy

• go on vacations

• swim in the rivers

• develop a variety of new skills

Sumer was made up of city-states. City-states were

• combined under one ruler

• each city-state had its own ruler

Food shortages happened in the Zagros Mountains because there was

• an increase in population

• food stopped growing there

• it was too cold

• there was a volcanic eruption

To prevent floods, Sumerians built

• rivers

• irrigation systems

• levees

• leaves

The city-states of Sumer were dependent upon one another because of

• food issues

• technology

• the cultural connection

• keeping the water systems working

Sumerian kings were strong because people believed that the kings were chosen by

• the people

• the animals

• the sun

• the gods

A scribe has a specific job. What is it?

• to write down or record laws

• to announce laws to others

• to create laws

• to be lawyers