Neolithic Revolution/Mesopotamia review

How did the Bronze Age change life in Europe?

• People had access to stronger tools and weapons.

• Agriculture began to spread across central Europe.

• Some people specialized in skills other than farming.

• People were less likely to trade for goods from other regions

Why was learning to farm the important first step in the Neolithic Revolution?

• Farming gave people a steady food source as the climate grew colder

• Farming taught people new skills needed to build cities.

• Farming allowed people to settle in permanent villages.

• Farming helped people develop techniques for making stone tools.

What was one way that the earliest inhabitants of Europe got food?

• They domesticated animals and plants.

• They migrated, hunting animals and gathering edible plants.

• They grew crops.

• They traded with other people.

Which of the following is an example of how Sumerians adapted to their environment?

• They carried silt from the mountains to create fertile soil.

• They cut down trees to clear farmland.

• They mixed copper and tin to make bronze.

• They built canals to carry water to their crops.

A city-state is best defined as

• A city and the surrounding land it controls.

• A large farming community.

• A complex society with social classes.

• A city ruled by a king.

What is one result of a food surplus?

• People have no need to form permanent settlements.

• People are in danger of starvation.

• People can trade food for other goods.

• People are able to farm.

The first villages emerged as a result of

• the end of the Ice Age.

• the creation of strong governments.

• wars and conquest.

• the development of farming.

What city became the center of Hammurabi’s Mesopotamian Empire?

• Babylon

• Lagash

• Ur

• Umma

How did the need for tin encourage the development of trade in the Bronze Age?

• It was needed to make bronze but you couldn’t find it everywhere

• They needed it to make cans to preserve food

• Tin was found in every region of early Europe

• It was needed to make gold coins for money.

Why was ironmaking an important technology for the Hittites?

• Iron became an important trade item for Hittite merchants.

• Iron weapons gave Hittite armies an advantage over their enemies.

• Iron tools allowed the Hittites to create the first farming communities.

• Iron weapons helped the Hittites survive an Assyrian invasion.