EOY Review Day 1 (23-24)

During the Paleolithic Era, how did migration affect early humans?

• Migration hindered people from being able to hunt and gather for food.

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  Migration helped people to survive as they followed their source of food.

• Migration hindered people from finding shelter for their families. 

• Migration helped people farm and to stay in one place.

A direct result of the Neolithic Revolution is that people…

• depended on other tribes to maintain cultural identity.

• used crop rotation to increase agricultural output.

• began living in permanent settlements to farm.

• developed a nomadic way of life.

What is the most important difference between Paleolithic and Neolithic societies?

• The development of strong laws and leaders.

• The development agriculture and formation of permanent settlements.

• The development of different methods of harnessing fire.

• The development of religion based on nature (after-life).

Hammurabi’s Code

196. If a man put out the eye of a nobleman, his eye shall be put out. [An eye for an eye ]

198. If he puts out the eye of a freed man, or breaks the bone of a freed man, he shall pay one gold mina.

199. If he puts out the eye of a man's slave, or breaks the bone of a man's slave, he shall pay one-half of its value.

What can you determine about social class in Mesopotamia from Hammurabi's Codes?

• There were not formal laws to ensure equal justice for all.

• There was a clear hierarchy in Mesopotamian society.

• There was no identifiable hierarchy in Mesopotamian  society.

• There was concrete evidence that slaves were valued more than others.

How did Egyptian irrigation systems and the shadoofs transform society?

• They helped to control the amount of water going to the land to improve crop growth

• They used a system of counterweights and poles to empty flooded water into the Nile.

• They used canals to create better routes to transport goods by ship

• They helped to control the amount of sunlight going to the land to improve crop growth.

How were Mayan kings similar to Egyptian pharaohs? 

• The rulers inherited their power from their mother’s side of the family.

• The rulers were believed to be gods.

• The rulers were selected by the Senate to control the territory.

• The rulers were elected to lead by the people.

Which geographic factor had a major influence on the development of both Egyptian and Babylonian civilizations? 

• Mountains

• Locations near a strait 

• River valleys 

• Cool temperatures 

One way in which the Silk Roads and the West African trade routes were similar is that along both routes… 

• exchanged ideas as merchants interacted with each other.

• utilized concrete to improve the surface of the roads. 

• used a single currency to make transactions easier.

• traded mostly silk, ivory, and tobacco. 

How did many civilizations, like the Chinese and Incas, modify their environment?

• They built terraces into the hills to create more usable farmland.

• They built chinampas to create more farmland in a swamp.

• They built windmills to harness power.

• They built basins to hold rainwater for farming.