Unit 2: Rivers, Cities and First States Vocab Quiz

Alloy of copper and tin brought into Europe from Anatolia; used to make hard-edged weapons?

• Gold

• Alluminum

• Bronze

• Coppin

Highly populated concentration of economic, religious, and political power. The first cities appeared in river basins, which could produce a surplus of agriculture. The abundance of food freed most city inhabitants from the need to produce their own food, which allowed them to work in specialized professions.

• City

• Mesopotamia

• Sumer

• Village

What is a City-State?

• Areas drained by a river, including all its tributaries. River basins were rich in fertile soil, water for irrigation, and plant and animal life, which made them attractive for human habitation. Cultivators were able to produce surplus agriculture to support the first cities.

• Political organization based on the authority of a single, large city that controls outlying territories.

• Division between those living in cities and those living in rural areas. Where cities arose, communities adopted lifestyles based on the large-scale production of goods and on specialized labor. Those living in the countryside remained close to nature, cultivating the land or tending livestock and exchanged their grains and animal products for necessities available in urban centers.

• Political form that emerged in the river-basin cities of Mesopotamia, which was overwhelmed by the displacement of nomadic peoples. These states were kingdoms organized around charismatic rulers who headed large households; each had a defined physical border.

Areas drained by a river, including all its tributaries. River basins were rich in fertile soil, water for irrigation, and plant and animal life, which made them attractive for human habitation. Cultivators were able to produce surplus agriculture to support the first cities.

• City-State

• City

• Urban-Rural Divide

• River Basin

Those who wield writing tools. From the very beginning, they were at the top of the social ladder, under the major power brokers

• Scribes

• Priests

• Kings

• Brahmans

Distinctions between the privileged and the less privileged.

• Social Hierarchies

• Scribes

• Kings

• Hunter-Gatherers

Urban-Rural Divide?

• Division between those living in cities and those living in rural areas. Where cities arose, communities adopted lifestyles based on the large-scale production of goods and on specialized labor. Those living in the countryside remained close to nature, cultivating the land or tending livestock and exchanged their grains and animal products for necessities available in urban centers.

• Political form that emerged in the river-basin cities of Mesopotamia, which was overwhelmed by the displacement of nomadic peoples. These states were kingdoms organized around charismatic rulers who headed large households; each had a defined physical border.

• Highly populated concentration of economic, religious, and political power. The first cities appeared in river basins, which could produce a surplus of agriculture. The abundance of food freed most city inhabitants from the need to produce their own food, which allowed them to work in specialized professions.

• Areas drained by a river, including all its tributaries. River basins were rich in fertile soil, water for irrigation, and plant and animal life, which made them attractive for human habitation. Cultivators were able to produce surplus agriculture to support the first cities.

Political form that emerged in the river-basin cities of Mesopotamia, which was overwhelmed by the displacement of nomadic peoples. These states were kingdoms organized around charismatic rulers who headed large households; each had a defined physical border.

• Territorial State

• City-State

• City

• Mesopotamia

True/False: Polytheism the belief in ONE god?

• True

• False

True/False: Monotheism is the belief in one god?

• True

• False