Vocab Quiz Ch. 1 & 2

Definition: "The study of human life and culture based on artifacts and human fossils"

• Archaeology
• Anthropology
• Zoology
• Pathology

Definition: "A skilled worker who makes products such as weapons and jewelry"

• Artisan
• Barista
• Blacksmith
• Warrior

What is a Ziggurat?

• A building in which people bathed
• A massive stepped tower built for a temple
• A political house for the civilizations chief
• A person of high honor within a civilization

What is Archaeology?

• The study of past societies through analysis of what people ate
• The study of past societies through analysis of animals
• The study of past societies through analysis of the items that people left behind
• The study of past societies through analysis of what people looked like

What does it mean to be Polytheistic?

• You only eat meat
• You believe you can have more than 1 wife
• You believe that dinosaurs ruled the land
• You believed in many gods

The system of writing developed in Mesopotamia

• Jibberish
• Pig latin
• Hieroglyphics
• Cuneiform

Definition: "The way of life a people follows"

• Religion
• Culture
• Civilization
• Rituals

True or False: Revolution is "a sudden or complete change"

• True
• False

What is a Hominid?

• Humans and other humanlike creatures that walk upright
• Humans and other humanlike creatures that crawl
• The present day humas
• The worlds first human species

True or False: We are considered Homosapiens

• True
• False