PreHistory/Mesopotamia

Sumerian writing is called

• Cuneiform

• Stylus

• Sanskrit

• the Phoenician Alphabet

As a result of Irrigation, what other innovations were made possible?

• Permenant Settlement

• Domestication

• Mud-Brick Making

• Agriculture

The time before humans invented writing is called _________

• Archaeology

• Geography

• Prehistory

• Technology

Who finds out how early people lived by digging up and examining artifacts?

• Geographer

• Archaeologist

• Anthropologist

• Economist

When did humans first learn how to use stone tools?

• In the Old Stone Age

• In the New Stone Age

• In the Neolithic Age

• In Ancient Mesopotamia

Old Stone Age humans buried their dead with great care, which suggests that they believed in ____________

• Angels and Demons

• Monotheism

• The Sun God

• Life After Death

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

• A war for independence

• The migration of people to North America

• The Mongol invasion of China

• The change from hunting and gathering to farming

Which of the following changes took place during the New Stone Age?

• People built the first farming villages

• People started living in large cities

• People stopped farming and industrialized

• People started to live in caves

Where were the first cities built?

• Along the Mediterranean Sea

• In China and Japan

• Along River Valleys

• In the Sahara Desert

Which of the following activities led to cultural diffusion (the spread of new ideas, technologies, and customs?)

• Hunting

• Farming

• Trade

• Perestroika