Bayou Bridges: Unit 1 Chapter 3 Review

Which of the following are characteristics of civilizations?

• infrastructure

• nomadic lifestyle

• tools

• absence of specialization

What conclusion can be made about the people of Mesopotamia from cuneiform?

• They sang many songs as part of their harvest celebrations.

• They followed the same laws.

• They had a shared language.

• They had complex architecture.

Why do civilizations need a form of communication?

• People need communication to eat

• Communication helps people play games.

• Communication allows for leaders to rule over civilizations.

• Communication allows people to work with one another and solve problems.

What conclusion can be made about the Mesopotamian civilization seeing a statue playing a harp?

• They had a specialized civilization

• Everyone shared a common language

• Bartering was important

• distinct social classes

Why was it important for humans to domesticate plants?

• helped humans control natural disasters like extreme weather.

• allowed humans to control poisonous plants to use as weapons.

• allowed humans to develop reliable sources of food.

• allowed humans to develop new architecture.

What geographical feature was common to the earliest civilizations?

• wood and oil

• grass and mountains

• mountains with caves

• rivers and floodplains

What makes early civilizations unique compared to those that followed later?

• Early civilizations were all similar.

• Early civilizations did not have a model to follow.

• Everyone grew their own food and had enough to eat.

• People came together from many different backgrounds.

How did early civilizations control floodwaters?

• seasonal migration

• rainforests

• waterfalls

• dams and canals

What advancement in technology allowed farmers to practice larger-scale agriculture?

• transportation

• pottery wheel

• writing

• irrigation

What were early forms of writing used for?

• recipes

• letters

• land and property records

• stories