neolithic revolution

1.  What did the Neolithic Revolution bring about?

• a.  Storms
• a.  Drought
• a.  Agriculture

One Way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.

• They no longer were nomads
• Life expectancy was shorter
• They had to move around to new farms

During the Neolithic Revolution

• People learned to grow food
• People migrated to find food
• People were nomadic

Nomadic means to

• Sleep in tents
• Move around frequently
• Stay in one place

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Sargon
• Cyrillian
• cuneiform
• hieroglypics

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

• Hammurabi
• Gilgamesh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Ninevah

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

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

• City-State

• Country

• Villiage

• Culture

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism