Quiz 4

“If a seignior (noble) has knocked out the tooth of a seignior of his own rank, they shall knock out his tooth. But if he has knocked out a commoner's tooth, he shall pay one-third mina of silver.” – Code of Hammurabi excerpt from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam

What type of source does this quote come from?

• Letter

• Legal Code

• Newspaper Article

• Oral History

“If a seignior (noble) has knocked out the tooth of a seignior of his own rank, they shall knock out his tooth. But if he has knocked out a commoner's tooth, he shall pay one-third mina of silver.” – Code of Hammurabi excerpt from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam

Which idea of Babylonian society does this portion of the Hammurabi code of law reflect?

• All men were equal under the law.

• Fines were preferable to corporal punishment.

• Divisions existed between social classes.

• Violence was always punished with violence.

The main purpose of this map is to illustrate the location of

• overseas trade routes

• river valley civilizations

• early belief systems

• burial sites of ancient rulers

The historical development depicted in the map is an effect of

• The use of primary sources

• Judaism

• The Neolithic Revolution

• The Golden Age of Greece

“…The daily tasks of the women are to milk the cattle in the morning and evening, and to fetch water as required. By using their donkeys it is possible for them to bring back enough water to last two or three days. When the settlement moves, on average about once every five weeks, each woman is responsible for moving her hut and rebuilding it. All the necessary movables, including hides, wooden containers and important struts in the framework of the hut, can normally be carried by two donkeys. Older women rely on their daughters, their younger co-wives, and their sons’ wives for help in all these tasks….”

Based on this passage, the Samburu people would be classified as

• commercial farmers

• urban dwellers

• nomads

• serfs

“…The daily tasks of the women are to milk the cattle in the morning and evening, and to fetch water as required. By using their donkeys it is possible for them to bring back enough water to last two or three days. When the settlement moves, on average about once every five weeks, each woman is responsible for moving her hut and rebuilding it. All the necessary movables, including hides, wooden containers and important struts in the framework of the hut, can normally be carried by two donkeys. Older women rely on their daughters, their younger co-wives, and their sons’ wives for help in all these tasks….” Source: Paul Spencer, The Samburu, University of California Press, 1965 from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam

Identify the audience for The Samburu by Paul Spencer

• The Samburu, a modern-day tribe in Kenya

• Researchers interested in comparing the lives of the Samburu with how Paleolithic people lived

• Researchers who want to learn about city life in modern-day Africa

• Neolithic farmers

Which title best completes this diagram?

• Features of a Nomadic Lifestyle

• Basic Components of the Paleolithic Age

• Human Life 50,000 Years Ago

• Elements of a Civilization

. . Paleolithic men could not control their food supply. So long as they relied on foraging, hunting, fishing, and trapping, they were dependent on the natural food supply in a given area to keep from starving. But while Paleolithic men continued their food-gathering pattern of existence in Europe, Africa, and Australia, groups of people in the Near East began to cultivate edible plants and to breed animals. Often described as the “first economic revolution” in the history of man, this momentous change from a food-gathering to a food-producing economy initiated the Neolithic Age. Paleolithic man was a hunter; Neolithic man became a farmer and herdsman. . . .

Based on the passage above, identify one advantage of living the way “Neolithic man” lived.

• More leisure time

• More reliable food sources

• More travel

• Greater knowledge of wild plants

. . The Neolithic Revolution also changed the way people lived. In place of scattered hunting communities, the farmers lived in villages. Near groups of villages, small towns grew up, and later cities too. Thus the Neolithic Revolution made civilization itself possible. (The Ancient Near East) Within the villages, towns and cities, it was possible for people to specialize in the sort of work they could do best. Many stopped producing food at all, making instead tools and other goods that farmers needed, and for which they gave them food in exchange. This process of exchange led to trade and traders, and the growth of trade made it possible for people to specialize even more. . . .

Identify a central cause of the changes described in the excerpt above.

• War between city-states increased

• Disease in neighboring regions prevented people in the Near East from migrating

• Religious beliefs inspired nomads to herd

• Hunting and gathering was an unreliable way of attaining food compared to farming

Why did Ancient Egyptians build canals, systems of dikes, and tools like swapes and shadufs?

• Egyptians believed that the god of the Nile needed to be contained within the river’s banks.

• Egyptian farmers needed to flood their fields because they believed their crops grew best under water.

• The Pharaohs wanted water diverted to their royal baths

• The Nile River's water levels were difficult to predict and water was needed to grow food.