Ancient Civilizations 1.1 and 1.2

How would historians categorize most early religious organizations?

• Monotheistic
• Polytheistic
• Atheistic
• Agnostic

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is known as

• irrigation

• architecture

• fishing

• cuneiform

What was the change of life from hunting and gathering to farming?

• Paleolithic Revolution
• Change in Civilization
• Neolithic Revolution
• Surplus Evolution

Hammurabi is most famous for his 

• Military leadership
• Law Code
• Farming practices
• Treatment of the poor

The Neolithic Revolution occurred when people discovered how to -

• grow food and domesticate animals

• trade with others in the same river valley

• fight wars using metal weapons

• make stone temples for religious ceremonies

The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt were similar in that both cultures

• established trade routes to China

• used the ziggurat form for their temples

• developed along rivers

• used a hieroglyphic writing system

Which modern idiom refers to Hammurabi's Code?

• An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
• It's raining cats and dogs.
• Break a leg!
• The wisdom of an old man brings wealth.

This religion is the 3rd most popular in the world and began in Ancient India.

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Judaism

• Hinduism

Which of the following were major rivers for Ancient India?

• Indus

• Euphrates

• Ganges

• Nile

What led to the development of river valley civilizations?

• Agricultural practices, domestication of animals, and access to fresh water.

• Fresh water.

• Hunter-gatherers.

• No change happened.