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SURVEY OF WORLD HISTORY EXAM 1 | TOP SCORES
MADE SIMPLE | TRUSTED TEST SOLUTIONS!
QUALITY CONTENT YOU CAN RELY ON!
Human development at which writing and keeping written records is attained.
Answer:Civilization
City in latin Answer:Cives
Study of civilized mankind Answer:History
Where did written languages form? Answer:Cities
What did written languages help do amongst citizens? Answer:Specialize labor
Written languages also helped with the formation of ? Answer:Political leaders
Written languages allowed political leaders to have ________________ which dictated who
owned what, rules, etc. Answer:Written records
In the beginning, you had hunter-gathers, also known as Answer:Nomads
Nomads constantly moved to obtain Answer:Materials
People were nomadic until they learned how to domesticate Answer:Plants and animals
Where was the first evidence of agriculture discovered in 7000 bce? Answer:Middle East.
Iraq, turkey, syria
After the discovery of the first agriculture in the Middle East (7000 bce) where was the next,
later, discovery in 6500 bce? Answer:China
After China's agricultural discovery in 6500 bce, who was discovered next in 4000 bce?
Answer:America
True or false, evolution of agriculture. Middle East (Iran, Turkey, Syria) ---------> China --------
> American Answer:True
Agrictulure always leads to a what? Answer:Population explosion
"Land between two rivers" Answer:Mesopotamia
What two rivers were near Mesopotamia? Answer:Tigris and Euphrates
Almost all civilization begin on what? Answer:Rivers
Of the Euphrates and Tigris, which was longer? Answer:Euphrates
In Mesopotamia, they build weapons out of ? Answer:Bronze

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,Instead of just bronze, Mesopotamia also used alloys, copper, and tin to make
Answer:Weapons
What writing did Mesopotamia have? Answer:Cuneiform
What does cuneiform stand for? Answer:Wedge-shaped writing
Mesopotamia had irrigation for Answer:Farming
Mesopotamia created the wheel which allowed for Answer:Transport and potters tool
Mesopotamia started the chain of living in Answer:Cities
Tigris and Euphrates would often violently Answer:Flood
Independent city shapes that shared a culture Answer:Sumer
What city states in Sumer had over 10,000 people? Answer:Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Nippur
Sumer had a system called __________ where basically slaves were on the bottom,kings on
top. Social pyramind Answer:Social Stratification
In Sumer, each little city had their own ______________________. They had their own king,
laws, structure, high status & low status people, and female rulers were rare.
Answer:Government
Sumer people believed in 100's of gods including war gods, fertility gods, etc. This is known
as Answer:Polytheistic
Sumer people saw their gods and goddesses with superhuman strength and in
Answer:Human form
What was the name of the fertility goddess in Sumer? Answer:Ishtar or Ihanna
The Sumer people would pray to the ______________ Ishatar (Ihanna) for surviving mothers,
healthy babies, and long lives, as well as animals animals reproducing and grain growing
well. Answer:Fertility goddess
Sumer people believed that when their people died, their souls _____________________.
There was no social class in death. Answer:Continued to exist elsewhere
The Sumer people saw their gods as mystery. They would either help you or _________ you
Answer:smite
Sumer society has priests. Females could be _______________ especially for Ishtar (the
fertility goddess) Answer:religious leaders


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, What is a ziggurat? Seen in Sumer Answer:stepped pyramid
The Sumer government would use people of war as Answer:river builders etc
What are the paths of slavery? Answer:birth, prisoner of war, debt slavery
What kind of slavery was most common in Sumer society? Answer:debt slavery
In Sumer, slavery was not based on race. Slaves could buy their own freedom, and slave
were _______________ meaning they could move in and out of slavery. Answer:status fluid
In Sumer society, you couldn't tell if someone was a _________ Answer:slave
In Sumer society people who lost the war, were captured during a city raid, punished for
being a criminal, and _____________ were all ways someone became a prisoner of war
Answer:used as ransome
What are the five functions of a king? Answer:warrior, lawgiver, chief judge, chief executive,
chief priest
Five Functions of a King
warrior - leads troops
lawgiver - creates laws
chief judge - ____________________
chief executive - sets policy, runs gov't.
priest - intermediary between people and the gods Answer:executes law
Five Functions of a King
warrior - leads troops
lawgiver - creates laws
chief judge - executes law
chief executive - ____________________
priest - intermediary between people and the gods Answer:sets policy and runs
government
Five Functions of a King
warrior - leads troops
lawgiver - creates laws
chief judge - executes law


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