Ancient Civilizations Review

Which of factors bellow paved way to the development of civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia?

• religious differences

• favorable geography

• universal education

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

There is historical evidence that civilizations can crumble when pressures from population and consumption overwhelm resource availability. Indeed, many great civilizations have fallen after depleting resources from their environments, and each has left devastated landscapes in its wake. Plato wrote of the deforestation and environmental degradation accompanying ancient Greek cities, for example. Archaeologists, historians, and paleoecologists study past societies and landscapes and have accumulated evidence of environmental collapse, from the Greek and Roman empires to the Maya, the Anasazi, and other civilizations of the New World. Scientist and author Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, Collapse, formulated sets of reasons why civilizations succeed and persist, or fail and collapse. Success and persistence, it turns out, depend largely on how societies interact with their environments.From the passage, it is possible to infer that the Anasazi were an ancient civilization that

• collapsed after the Greek Empire.

• lived in the New World.

• were part of the Roman Empire.

• persisted and live in the New World today.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Read the following selection and answer the questions that follow.There is historical evidence that civilizations can crumble when pressures from population and consumption overwhelm resource availability. Indeed, many great civilizations have fallen after depleting resources from their environments, and each has left devastated landscapes in its wake. Plato wrote of the deforestation and environmental degradation accompanying ancient Greek cities, for example. Archaeologists, historians, and paleoecologists study past societies and landscapes and have accumulated evidence of environmental collapse, from the Greek and Roman empires to the Maya, the Anasazi, and other civilizations of the New World. Scientist and author Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, Collapse, formulated sets of reasons why civilizations succeed and persist, or fail and collapse. Success and persistence, it turns out, depend largely on how societies interact with their environments.Which of the following would be the BEST title for this passage?

• "The Mayan Civilization"

• "Paleoecology Today"

• "The Danger of Depleting Resources"

• "Plato's Warning"

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Read the following selection and answer the questions that follow. There is historical evidence that civilizations can crumble when pressures from population and consumption overwhelm resource availability. Indeed, many great civilizations have fallen after depleting resources from their environments, and each has left devastated landscapes in its wake. Plato wrote of the deforestation and environmental degradation accompanying ancient Greek cities, for example. Archaeologists, historians, and paleoecologists study past societies and landscapes and have accumulated evidence of environmental collapse, from the Greek and Roman empires to the Maya, the Anasazi, and other civilizations of the New World. Scientist and author Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, Collapse, formulated sets of reasons why civilizations succeed and persist, or fail and collapse. Success and persistence, it turns out, depend largely on how societies interact with their environments. Which of the following is a synonym (word with a similar definition) for the word degradation?

• health

• ruin

• gradation

• evaluation

The ___ guarded the tomb of the Pharaoh.

• Gladiator

• Sphinx

• Aqueduct

• New Pharaoh

What is this method called?

Which ancient civilization is credited with the development of the earliest known form of writing, cuneiform?

• A) Ancient Egypt

• B) Ancient China

• C) Ancient Mesopotamia

• D) Ancient Greece

What scientific advancement is attributed to the ancient Greeks that laid the foundation for modern science?

• A) The invention of the wheel

• B) The development of the scientific method

• C) The creation of the first calendar

• D) The discovery of penicillin

Which ancient civilization is known for its advanced understanding of astronomy and the creation of a 365-day calendar?

• A) The Mayans

• B) The Romans

• C) The Egyptians

• D) The Babylonians

The ancient Chinese are credited with the invention of which of the following that had a significant impact on navigation?

• A) The astrolabe

• B) The compass

• C) The sextant

• D) The telescope