Unit 2 Review

Food surpluses in the Neolithic Farming Village … 

• Made the village susceptible to raids from nomadic tribes

• Were not stored properly and spoiled, so people starved to death

• Made it possible for people to do things other than farming 

• Caused the entire population to become obese

Having sufficient food caused an end to: 

• The Ice Age

• The New Stone Age 

• Nomadic ways of life

• Farming villages

The Nile Valley is located in---

• The United States

• South America

• Africa

• Europe

Which river valley was considered the START of civilization?

• Huang Ho

• Mesopotamia

• Mesoamerica

• Andean

1.  What did the Neolithic Revolution bring about?

• a.  Storms
• a.  Drought
• a.  Agriculture

This earliest form of writing was developed in Mesopotamia.

• Hieroglypics

• Cuneiform

• Latin

• English

___ flooded every year providing fertile soil to help grow crops

• Oceans

• Lakes

• Creeks

• Rivers

This King is recognized for writing the first codes of law.

• Hammurubi

• Hammerstein

• Hammurabi

What is another name for Mesopotamia?

• Fertile Croissant

• Fertile Cresent

• Fertile Cradle

This ancient civilization is also known as the "Cradle of Civilization".

• Egypt

• Indus River Valley

• India

• Mesopotamia