Values - Beginning of Civilization

What is Jarad Diamond's theory of why some civilizations advance faster than others?

• Mesopotamia

• Geographic Luck

• Domesticated animals

• The Granary

Why did farmers in the Middle East move east or west instead of north and south?

• They followed the rivers

• It was the end of the ice age

• They followed the animals

• The climate was the same

In the 8 features of Civilization, A "scribe" is an example of :

• Organized Governments

• Arts and Architecture

• Specialized jobs

• Public Works

A "City-State" is

• The capital of an empire.

• A political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands.

• A state in a country

• A city on a river.

The Epic of Gilgamesh is

• The story of a wandering warrior

• The story of a sailor

• The story of an artisan

• The story of a lonely scribe

A ziggurat is a

• city in Sumer

• type of carriage

• pyramid temple

• type of boat

Cuneiform

• is a form of ancient song

• is an ancient writing form

• is a pyramid temple

• is a type of poem

Mesopotamia

• is in Africa

• is the land between two rivers

• is a city-state

• is a type of clay writing system

The 7 features of civilization are : Government, Religion, Writing, Arts and Architecture, Job specialization, Public Works and . . . . .

• City-States

• Literature

• Cuneiform

• Social Classes

The two rivers of Mesopotamia are:

• The Nile and the Tigris

• The Euphrates and the Tigris

• The Nile and the Mississippi

• The Euphrates and the Jordan