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Unit 2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

periodization

a)

prehistoric shift in human activity from hunting and gathering to agriculture resulting in human settlements

b)

a society characterized by established cities, specialized labor, complex institutions, written records, and advanced technology 

c)

dividing time into historical eras for purposes of analysis

d)

a long-standing custom, practice, or tradition adopted by a group of people

2.

institution

a)

a long-standing custom, practice, or tradition adopted by a group of people

b)

a society characterized by established cities, specialized labor, complex institutions, written records, and advanced technology 

c)

the group of people living together in a more or less ordered community

d)

an independent political unit made up of a city and surrounding land

3.

Neolithic Revolution

a)

prehistoric shift in human activity from hunting and gathering to agriculture resulting in human settlements

b)

an independent political unit made up of a city and surrounding land

c)

a political unit where large numbers of people and areas of land are controlled by one ruler

d)

belief in multiple gods

4.

polytheism

a)

belief in multiple gods

b)

belief in one god

c)

belief in two gods

d)

belief in no gods

5.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all believe in one god. Therefore they are

a)

monotheistic

b)

polytheistic

c)

dualtheistic

d)

atheistic

6.

pictographic script

a)

form of writing based on the use of symbols, including cuneiform and hieroglyphics

b)

a political unit where large numbers of people and areas of land are controlled by one ruler

c)

the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels

d)

cuneiform

7.

hieroglyphics

a)

ancient form of Egyptian writing

b)

ancient form of Chinese writing

c)

ancient form of Christian writing

d)

ancient form of Middle Eastern writing

8.

cuneiform

a)

a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt

b)

a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains

c)

form of Egyptian writing

d)

wedge-shaped characters mainly impressed on clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia

9.

pyramid

a)

a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt

b)

(in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower

c)

the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

d)

historical crescent-shaped region in the Middle East, extending from the East end of the Mediterranean Sea to the Tigris & Euphrates rivers

10.

city-state

a)

an independent political unit made up of a city and surrounding land

b)

a long-standing custom, practice, or tradition adopted by a group of people

c)

a society characterized by established cities, specialized labor, complex institutions, written records, and advanced technology

d)

prehistoric shift in human activity from hunting and gathering to agriculture resulting in human settlements