SW Asia Review

Why was learning to farm the important first step in the Neolithic Revolution?

• Farming gave people a steady food source as the climate grew colder

• Farming taught people new skills needed to build cities.

• Farming allowed people to settle in permanent villages.

• Farming helped people develop techniques for making stone tools.

The Sumerians were polytheistic, which means they

• domesticated a variety of animals and plants.

• had a strict system of social classes.

• had a written language.

• believed in many gods

In Sumerian cuneiform, what were used to represent words, sounds, or ideas?

• letters of the alphabet

• numbers

• wedge-shaped symbols

• simple pictures

Why was ironmaking an important technology for the Hittites?

• Iron became an important trade item for Hittite merchants.

• Iron weapons gave Hittite armies an advantage over their enemies

• Iron tools allowed the Hittites to create the first farming communities

• Iron weapons helped the Hittites survive an Assyrian invasion.

What did they call the the area between the two rivers?

• Mesopotamia
• Iraq
• Turkey
• Home

Mesopotamia means...

• Land between the rivers

• Land of 10,000 lakes

• Land above the rivers

• River world

Which date is the same as 776 BCE​ (a)  

• 776 BC
• 776

This is known to be the most important human discovery.

• waffles

• gold

• farming

• hunting and gathering

A method that brings water to crops

• Scribe

• City-State

• Irrigation

• Civilization

According to Jewish belief, the Ten Commandments were

• written by Moses

• written by Abraham.

• given to Abraham by God.

• given to Moses by God.