The First Civilizations Emerge on the World Stage Level 800

Select the sentence from the section "Places of early civilizations" that BEST shows why Mesopotamia was able to develop.

• They paved the way for civilizations to form.

• With ample water, people could now grow a great deal of food in this river valley.

• The food options there were quite different.

• For food they depended mostly on potatoes and quinoa, a grain rich in protein.

Based on the information in the article, which of the following is TRUE?

• All citizens got to choose who ruled over the civilization.

• Most civilizations developed on land high in the mountains.

• Animals helped in the development of civilizations.

• The early civilizations had a common religious system.

Which of the following are TWO MAIN ideas from the article?

• Many civilizations developed around fertile land and access to water. While there are differences, early civilizations had many things in common.

• Civilizations that were located next to rivers did better than other civilizations. Later in the Americas, the food grown was far different from early civilizations.

• Animals helped early civilizations develop and grow. When the climate changed in 8000 BCE, it affected the animals that early civilizations used.

• Early civilizations were governed only by wealthy, educated people. To keep their power, these people introduced warfare, alphabets and human sacrifice.

Which detail BEST shows the main goal of government in early agrarian civilizations?

• Empires were led by a single ruler who controlled large territories of cities and farmland.

• As extra food became more plentiful and people lived closer together, the social structure changed.

• But their smaller states and chiefdoms had features similar to those around the world.

• Central control of states could effectively bring together large populations of people and keep them fed.

What is the difference between a city and a village?

• a city contains only a hundred people and a village contains millions

• a city contains tens of thousands of people and a village is made up of just hundreds

• a city is where people farm and live together with about thousand people and a village does not farm

In the section: "Comparing Early Agrarian Civilizations, name 3 of the similar characteristics listed that early civilizations had in common