AP Historical Perspectives

All of the following commonly characterize the development of civilization EXCEPT:

• A Public building projects

• A written language

• Long distance trade

• Equality among all citizens

Women were important contributors to the agricultural revolution because they were more likely the gender that:

• Helped the hunting

• Became teachers

• Wanted more Time to grow

• Gathered Edible Pants and knew where grains where grew.

• Owned Property

All of the Following were changes to human societies brought about by the Neolithic revolution EXCEPT:

• Women and Men Grew to be more equal

• Reliable Food sources

What were one of the things needed to survive in period one.

• Education

• Hunting and gathering

• Power in ruling in empires

What is Paleolithic ?

• The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished

• The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 B.C.E.; typified by use of evolving stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence

What is mesopotamia?

• Literally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys

• A place located in period 1 where the kings slayed the criminals

Who is hammurabi ?

• An important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law

• The son of THE RULER Hammurabi the first?

what is cuneiform ?

• A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using sticks and mud to leave codes

• A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using rocks and fire

• A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets

What is a city- state?

• A form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king

• Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.

what are pyramids ?

• Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs

• Monumental architecture typical of China used to sacrifice people to the gods

• Monumental architecture typical of Russia to show other countries owned land.