7th Grade Social Studies-Unit 3 Review

As civilizations emerged, people moved from

• agrarians to foragers

• civilized to uncivilized

• foragers to agrarians

• farmers to hunter/­gathers

Some people chose not to live in "civilized societies". These people were known as

• farmers

• nomads

• villagers

• Babylonians

Larger groups of people living together in one place in more complex societies with social hierarchies and specialization of labor make up a(n)

• civilization

• continent

• hunters and gathers

• nomadic tribes

All early civilized communities had one thing in common:

• same types of food grown

• located by fresh water

• identical writing system for easier communication

• working relationship in order to obey the same rules

Because of scribes, many of the civilizations of the world are known to modern humans. Their historical accounts have enabled us to study civilizations such as Mesopotamia and their writing system known as ______________, or Ancient Egypt and their use of

• English, European

• Hieroglyphics, Spanish

• Cuneiform, Hieroglyphics

• Greek, Latin

Which geographic feature had a major influence on the development of both Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations and why they were located where they were?

• deserts

• cool temperatures

• locations near a straight

• mountains

Because of the development of agriculture

• early people had to become nomads

• there was no longer a need for water.

• crops could be grown in the tundra.

• people had a reliable food source.

What reed plant was used to make sandals, baskets, river rafts, and paper?

• wheat

• flax

• paperia

• papyrus

In Greek, means "land between rivers"

• Nile

• Fertile Ground

• province

• Mesopotamia

The Sumerians (Mesopotamians) believed in many gods. This is referred to as

• atheism

• deism

• reincarnation

• polytheism