Early civilizations
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- Q1What is the Neolithic?The end of the last Ice AgeA period in human history marked by the transition from food collecting to food producingA village in Anatolia, TurkeyA technique of producing stone tools300s
- Q2During the Neolithic:People learned how to make pottery from clayThe vast majority of people lived in caves and other natural sheltersThe vast majority of people lived a nomadic lifePeople invented the wheel300s
- Q3Which of the following statements, about the neolithic village of Catal Huyuk, is true?It had huge fortified walls and soldiers to keep it safeIt was ruled by a kingIt had a temple and organized religionIt did not have a temple and organized religion300s
- Q4Which of the following statements, about the neolithic people of Catal Huyuk, is true?They invented the first writing systemThey did not have distinct social classesThey spent most of their time hunting and gathering foodThey did not know how to use fire300s
- Q5Which of the following statements, about the Bronze Age, is true?In this period women played an important role in the social and political life of urban centersIn this period people were hunter-gatherersIn this period people believed mostly in Mother Earth and other godesses of fertilityIn this period humanity has experienced the birth of urban civilizations300s
- Q6The oldest writing system in the world is:Linear B Myceneean GreekLinear A from MyceneThe hieroglyphic writing system of Ancient EgyptThe cuneiform writing system from Uruk300s
- Q7The Hittites:Discovered how to make iron from smelting oreInvented the phonetic alphabetWere the people who lived on the island of Crete before the Minoan civilizationWere a neolithic tribe300s
- Q8The Minoan civilization:Invented cuneiform writingHad a powerful army and engaged in warfare frequentlyHad clear matriarchal featuresDeveloped in Mesopotamia300s
- Q9The Minoan civilization was destroyed mostly because of:The PhoeniciansThe EgyptiansA natural disasterThe Sumerians300s
- Q10Phoenicians are credited with:Inventing the wheelSailing around the African continentInventing the phonetic alphabetInventing the cuneiform writing system300s