CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 370 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS Questions With Correct Answers
2 types of anthropological research cross-cultural research and comparative research
4 phases of human development lower paleolithic/old tone age, upper paleolithic/new
stone age, bronze age, iron age
upper paleolithic/new stone age 6000-8000 BCE
bronze age 3000 BCE
iron age 1200-1000 BCE
defined characteristics of a civilization use of metal to make weapons and tools, written
language, defined territorial state, calendar
earliest civilization Mesopotamia (Tigris-Euphrates valley) between 4000-3000 BCE
,modern day area of Fertile Crescent Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Jordan
bordered by Arabian Desert (south), Mediterranean (west), Taurus Mountains (north), Zagros
Mountains (east)
trademarks of Egyptian civilization pyramids, hieroglyphics, mummification, paper (from
papyrus), decimal system, solar calendar, arithmetic and geometry
trademarks of Sumerian civilization the wheel, irrigation, cuneiform writing (simpler than
hieroglyphs), timekeeping system (still used today), first library, Hanging Gardens of Babylon,
Epic of Gilgamesh
trademarks of Babylonian civilization (part of Sumer) Code of Hammurabi
trademarks of Assyrian civilization horse-drawn chariots, organized military
trademarks of Hebrew civilization monotheistic religion
,trademarks of Persian civilization allows conquered people to keep laws, customs,
religion; an alphabet; Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Gnosticism
trademarks of Minoan civilization syllabic writing system, large palaces (sewage systems,
running water), linear script A, lots of earthquakes and volcanoes
lived on island of Crete (2700-1450 BCE)
trademarks of Mycenaean civilization Greek pantheon religion, linear script B, replaced
Minoan civilization after Greece invaded
trademarks of Phoenician civilization stars to navigate ships, purple dye, glass/metals,
phonetic alphabet
trademarks of Indus Valley civilization concept of zero, early form of Hinduism, caste
system
trademarks of ancient Chinese civilization Yangtze river, silk, millet, pottery
, major civilizations of Mesopotamia sumerians, amorites, hittites, assyrians, chaldeans,
persians
-all autocratic
trademarks of Kushite civilization settled rather than nomadic, hunting/fishing/herding,
cultivated grain, matrilineal descent of leadership
conquered by Nubia in 800 BCE
influences of ancient Indian civilization Hinduism and Buddhism, yoga, Bhagavad Gita,
Ramayana, Arthashastra, Vedas, Indo-European languages
earliest civilization in China oldest uninterrupted civilization, Neolithic age 10000 years
ago, agriculture began 7000 years ago, writing starts 1500 BCE, Yellow River was center,
literature: Confucius, Tao Te Ching
Norte Chico civilization Peru, agricultural, 20 communities, 5000 years ago, aka Caral-
Supe, oldest known in Americas
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS Questions With Correct Answers
2 types of anthropological research cross-cultural research and comparative research
4 phases of human development lower paleolithic/old tone age, upper paleolithic/new
stone age, bronze age, iron age
upper paleolithic/new stone age 6000-8000 BCE
bronze age 3000 BCE
iron age 1200-1000 BCE
defined characteristics of a civilization use of metal to make weapons and tools, written
language, defined territorial state, calendar
earliest civilization Mesopotamia (Tigris-Euphrates valley) between 4000-3000 BCE
,modern day area of Fertile Crescent Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Jordan
bordered by Arabian Desert (south), Mediterranean (west), Taurus Mountains (north), Zagros
Mountains (east)
trademarks of Egyptian civilization pyramids, hieroglyphics, mummification, paper (from
papyrus), decimal system, solar calendar, arithmetic and geometry
trademarks of Sumerian civilization the wheel, irrigation, cuneiform writing (simpler than
hieroglyphs), timekeeping system (still used today), first library, Hanging Gardens of Babylon,
Epic of Gilgamesh
trademarks of Babylonian civilization (part of Sumer) Code of Hammurabi
trademarks of Assyrian civilization horse-drawn chariots, organized military
trademarks of Hebrew civilization monotheistic religion
,trademarks of Persian civilization allows conquered people to keep laws, customs,
religion; an alphabet; Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Gnosticism
trademarks of Minoan civilization syllabic writing system, large palaces (sewage systems,
running water), linear script A, lots of earthquakes and volcanoes
lived on island of Crete (2700-1450 BCE)
trademarks of Mycenaean civilization Greek pantheon religion, linear script B, replaced
Minoan civilization after Greece invaded
trademarks of Phoenician civilization stars to navigate ships, purple dye, glass/metals,
phonetic alphabet
trademarks of Indus Valley civilization concept of zero, early form of Hinduism, caste
system
trademarks of ancient Chinese civilization Yangtze river, silk, millet, pottery
, major civilizations of Mesopotamia sumerians, amorites, hittites, assyrians, chaldeans,
persians
-all autocratic
trademarks of Kushite civilization settled rather than nomadic, hunting/fishing/herding,
cultivated grain, matrilineal descent of leadership
conquered by Nubia in 800 BCE
influences of ancient Indian civilization Hinduism and Buddhism, yoga, Bhagavad Gita,
Ramayana, Arthashastra, Vedas, Indo-European languages
earliest civilization in China oldest uninterrupted civilization, Neolithic age 10000 years
ago, agriculture began 7000 years ago, writing starts 1500 BCE, Yellow River was center,
literature: Confucius, Tao Te Ching
Norte Chico civilization Peru, agricultural, 20 communities, 5000 years ago, aka Caral-
Supe, oldest known in Americas
