CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBSET 1
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Anthropology - ANSWERscientific study of human culture and humanity
Participant Observation - ANSWERanthropologists study and learn by living among
people and studying them: (1) cross-cultural and (2) comparative
Archaeology - ANSWERscientific study of the past human cultures by studying the
remains they left behind
Paleolithic - ANSWEROld Stone Age: one million years
Neolithic - ANSWERNew Stone Age: 6000-8000BCE
Old Stone Age - ANSWERfire and weapons: hatchets, awls, needles, and cutting tools
New Stone Age - ANSWERpolished tools, domesticated animals, the wheel, and some
agriculture: towards the end pottery and textile
Bronze Age - ANSWER3000 BCE: first civilizations
Iron Age - ANSWERimplies that the production of carbon steel has been perfected to
the point where mass production of tools and weapons superior to their bronze
equivalents become possible
Earliest Civilizations - ANSWERArose in the fertile river valleys of the Nile,
Mesopotamia, the Indus, and the Hwang Ho
Prerequisites of Civilization - ANSWERAfter 4000 BCE
Use of metals rather than stone for tools
A system of writing
A calendar
Territory
River Valley Civilizations - ANSWERFluvial Civilizations (earliest known civilizations that
settled by the Nile River/ Tigris-Euphrates River)
Fertile Crescent - ANSWERAlso known as the "cradle of civilization" is a crescent-
shaped region where agriculture and early human civilizations like the Sumer and
Ancient Egypt flourished due to inundations from the surrounding Nile, Euphrates, and
Tigris rivers
Sumerians Achievements - ANSWERInvented the wheel
,developed irrigation
devised system of cuneiform (writing)
built large boats for trade
learned to divide time
Code of Hammurabi - ANSWERthe first written code of laws that would later form the
basis of modern law
Babylonians - ANSWERcreated the Code of Hammurabi
Egypt Achievements - ANSWERpyramids
hieroglyphic writing
preservation of bodies
papyrus
counting in groups (10x)
solar calendar
astronomy
*oldest civilization in Africa
Mesopotamia's Social Structure - ANSWERautocratic in nature, with a single strict ruler
at the head of the government and religion
Mesopotamia's People Groups - ANSWERSumerians
Amorites
Hittites
Assyrians
Chaldean
Persian
Gilgamesh - ANSWERFirst epic story
Hanging Gardens of Babylon - ANSWERNebuchadnezzar
Writing, the wheel, and banking - ANSWERSumeria
Kush Achievements - ANSWERmud-brick villages
female monarchs
Kerma trading center
Negroid and Mediterranean
spoke Nilo-Saharan
*second oldest civilization in Africa
Egypt's Old Kingdom - ANSWER2700-2180 BCE
Kush's Height of Power (Hyksos) - ANSWER1700-1500BCE
, New Kingdom Egypt Collapsed - ANSWER1000BCE
Phoenicians Achievements - ANSWERsea traders
purple dye
glass and metal production
ABC's with single sounds
Assyrians Achievements - ANSWERHorse-drawn chariots
aggressive
highly organized
Persian - ANSWERAllowed conquered people to retain their own religions, while
contributing to Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, and Gnosticism
Minoans Acheievements - ANSWERSewage System
ABC's represent syllables
Multiple levels palaces
Bathtubs
Running Water
Mycenaeans Achievements - ANSWERExtension of Minoans
Used to symbols to represent syllables
The Greek alphabet, derived from the __________ letters, formed the basis of the
_________ alphabet - ANSWERPhoenician and Roman
Aristophanes (Greek) - ANSWERa comic playwright of ancient Athens
Pythagoras and Euclid (Greek) - ANSWERfoundation of geometry
Rome lasted approx. - ANSWER1000 years
Rome's Achievements - ANSWERLanguage
Engineering
Building
Law
Government
Roads
Trade
Pax Romana
Indus Valley (India) Achievements - ANSWERFirst to be Active Navigation
Caste System
Principle of Zero
Began Hinduism
Influenced by Buddhism
STUDY GUIDE CORRECT 100%
Anthropology - ANSWERscientific study of human culture and humanity
Participant Observation - ANSWERanthropologists study and learn by living among
people and studying them: (1) cross-cultural and (2) comparative
Archaeology - ANSWERscientific study of the past human cultures by studying the
remains they left behind
Paleolithic - ANSWEROld Stone Age: one million years
Neolithic - ANSWERNew Stone Age: 6000-8000BCE
Old Stone Age - ANSWERfire and weapons: hatchets, awls, needles, and cutting tools
New Stone Age - ANSWERpolished tools, domesticated animals, the wheel, and some
agriculture: towards the end pottery and textile
Bronze Age - ANSWER3000 BCE: first civilizations
Iron Age - ANSWERimplies that the production of carbon steel has been perfected to
the point where mass production of tools and weapons superior to their bronze
equivalents become possible
Earliest Civilizations - ANSWERArose in the fertile river valleys of the Nile,
Mesopotamia, the Indus, and the Hwang Ho
Prerequisites of Civilization - ANSWERAfter 4000 BCE
Use of metals rather than stone for tools
A system of writing
A calendar
Territory
River Valley Civilizations - ANSWERFluvial Civilizations (earliest known civilizations that
settled by the Nile River/ Tigris-Euphrates River)
Fertile Crescent - ANSWERAlso known as the "cradle of civilization" is a crescent-
shaped region where agriculture and early human civilizations like the Sumer and
Ancient Egypt flourished due to inundations from the surrounding Nile, Euphrates, and
Tigris rivers
Sumerians Achievements - ANSWERInvented the wheel
,developed irrigation
devised system of cuneiform (writing)
built large boats for trade
learned to divide time
Code of Hammurabi - ANSWERthe first written code of laws that would later form the
basis of modern law
Babylonians - ANSWERcreated the Code of Hammurabi
Egypt Achievements - ANSWERpyramids
hieroglyphic writing
preservation of bodies
papyrus
counting in groups (10x)
solar calendar
astronomy
*oldest civilization in Africa
Mesopotamia's Social Structure - ANSWERautocratic in nature, with a single strict ruler
at the head of the government and religion
Mesopotamia's People Groups - ANSWERSumerians
Amorites
Hittites
Assyrians
Chaldean
Persian
Gilgamesh - ANSWERFirst epic story
Hanging Gardens of Babylon - ANSWERNebuchadnezzar
Writing, the wheel, and banking - ANSWERSumeria
Kush Achievements - ANSWERmud-brick villages
female monarchs
Kerma trading center
Negroid and Mediterranean
spoke Nilo-Saharan
*second oldest civilization in Africa
Egypt's Old Kingdom - ANSWER2700-2180 BCE
Kush's Height of Power (Hyksos) - ANSWER1700-1500BCE
, New Kingdom Egypt Collapsed - ANSWER1000BCE
Phoenicians Achievements - ANSWERsea traders
purple dye
glass and metal production
ABC's with single sounds
Assyrians Achievements - ANSWERHorse-drawn chariots
aggressive
highly organized
Persian - ANSWERAllowed conquered people to retain their own religions, while
contributing to Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, and Gnosticism
Minoans Acheievements - ANSWERSewage System
ABC's represent syllables
Multiple levels palaces
Bathtubs
Running Water
Mycenaeans Achievements - ANSWERExtension of Minoans
Used to symbols to represent syllables
The Greek alphabet, derived from the __________ letters, formed the basis of the
_________ alphabet - ANSWERPhoenician and Roman
Aristophanes (Greek) - ANSWERa comic playwright of ancient Athens
Pythagoras and Euclid (Greek) - ANSWERfoundation of geometry
Rome lasted approx. - ANSWER1000 years
Rome's Achievements - ANSWERLanguage
Engineering
Building
Law
Government
Roads
Trade
Pax Romana
Indus Valley (India) Achievements - ANSWERFirst to be Active Navigation
Caste System
Principle of Zero
Began Hinduism
Influenced by Buddhism
