Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, lay between which rivers?

• Nile River and Red River

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Rhine and Rhone Rivers

• Nile and Niger River

Most ancient civilizations were polytheistic because they

• worshipped one God

• did not believe in gods

• worshipped many gods

• built many temples to the gods

The Nile River delta was very important to the ancient Egyptians for farming, trade and defense. A delta is a(n)

• area of land surrounded by water on three sides

• elevated landform with a flat surface

• area that receives heavy amounts of rainfall

• large deposit of silt at the mouth of a river

A form of government, such as in Sparta, where a few people held all of the power is called a(n)

• democracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• republic

Bringing water from its natural source water to crops is called

• adulation

• irrigation

• initiation

• inflation

The Egyptians built the pyramids primarily as

• giant power plants

• places to store food

• homes for their gods

• tombs for the dead pharaoh's bodies

In the paleolithic age the first humans were hunter-gatherers. Paleolithic means...

• Old Stone

• New Stone

• Old Civilization

• New Civilization

One problem historians encounter when studying the past is when sources allow emotion and opinion to judge people and events. This is called

• bias

• language barriers

• plagiarism

• lack of evidence

Lines that circle north and south around the earth and measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian are called

• latitude

• longtitude

• cardinal directions

• absolute locations

What major change took place during the Neolithic Age?

• people began driving cars

• people began using spoken language

• people began farming

• people learned to use fire