Western Civilization: Chapter 1 study Guide 2024

Early human food supply came from - Answer-hunting and gathering What caused the disappearance of the Neanderthals? - Answer-the cause is unknown Western civilization began in approximately 8000 B.C.E. in which region? - Answer-. Mesopotamia Stone Age art devoted to fertility rituals indicate that, in some cases, society may have been - Answer-matriarchal The presence of monoliths such as Stonehenge demonstrate all of the following in Neolithic society except - Answer-defined religion ritual space Two major revolutions in food supply circa 8000 B.C.E. included - Answer- domestication of animals and pastoralism Early humans believed they could influence supernatural powers through - Answer- religious rituals The defining characteristics of civilization include all of the following except - Answer-fortified cities The greatest demonstration of technology among the growing population of Mesopotamia was - Answer-bronze We can study people of the Stone Age by using - Answer-material culture The practice of interpreting the intentions of the gods by reading signs was called - Answer-divination Semitic people of the coastal regions of the near East were bound to a sense of shared identity by which factor? - Answer-language The political factor that Mesopotamian city-states shared was - Answer-none of these because they had no political unification Organization of work forces in Sumeria was the responsibility of - Answer-priest- kings One reason that the Egyptians had a more optimistic outlook than the Sumerians was - Answer-the weather was extremely predictable The first Indo-Europeans to invade Mesopotamia were the - Answer-Hittites The most significant accomplishment of Hammurabi's reign was - Answer-his law code Domestication of animals is primarily found in which area? - Answer-Middle East and Asia