Neolithic Era to Ancient India Review

What does Neolithic mean?

• New Stone Age

• Old Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

• Prehistoric

What does nomadic mean?

• moves from place to place

• stays in one place

• has a king

• has one god

Which civilization is believed to be the very first?

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• India

• Juda

What was the name of the area in which Mesopotamia is located?

• The Nile Delta

• The Gobi Desert

• The Fertile Crescent

• The Indian Subcontinent

Who were the FIRST to conquer Mesopotamia?

• The Assyrians

• The Egyptians

• The Akkadians

• The Babylonians

What is a city with its own government called?

• a city-state

• a country

• an empire

• a dynasty

What is polytheism?

• belief in multiple gods

• belief in one god

• having multiple wives

• the belief in being reborn

who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

• Saron

• Ramses II

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Hammurabi

Which civilization was founded in the Nile River Valley?

• Sumer

• Assyria

• India

• Egypt

What was the purpose of the Great Pyramids?

• They were temples to worship the gods

• They were tombs for the Pharaohs

• They were palaces for the leaders

• They were fortresses for the armies