Midterm Review: Ancient Civilizations

Trade routes allowed what to happen with belief systems?

• Exporting goods

• Cultural diffusion

• People were not accepting of other beliefs

• Currency exchange

Chris wants to move to another school because he is being bullied. This is an example of:

• Push factor

• Pull factor

Skylar wants to go to school in Wilmington because she wants to live by the beach. What is this an example of?

• Push factor

• Pull factor

True or false: Polytheism is the belief in many gods

• False

• True

Early humans moved from place to place in search of food. What kind of lifestyle is this?

• solo

• active

• nomadic

• rural

What have historians studied to help us know more about early humans?

• bones

• cave paintings

• stories

What did early humans start to do during the Neolithic Revolution?

• create art

• farm

• eat meat

• make fire

The creation of _________ ended the Stone Age.

• silver

• fire

• cave art

• bronze

Civilization began in the fertile crescent of ___________________

• China

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• India

Why did Mesopotamians develop their civilizations alongside rivers?

• the river provided silt

• the river provided water

• the river provided silt for farming and water

• it helped make trade easier