The Rise of Civilization and Mesopotamia Review

The Paleolithic Age is called the

• Beginning of time

• The New Stone Age

• The Old Stone Age

• Neolithic Age

The Neolithic Revolution is when

• The Wheel was invented

• Tiktok was invented

• People had to hunt and gather for food

• farming was invented which allowed people to settle in one place

True or False? BC/BCE means before Christ/Before Common Era.

• True

• False

True or False? When referring to timelines AD, means after death.

• True

• False

Mesopotamia was located between which two bodies of water?

• The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• The Monocacy River and the Potomac River

• The Nile River and the Persian Gulf

• The Red and Black Sea

Which geographic feature/s is most important in the establishment of civilization in Mesopotamia?

All of the following are traits of Civilization EXCEPT:

• Improved technology

• Record Keeping

• Complex Institutions

• The ability to speak multiple languages

In Mesopotamia groups of people were organized in to groups called:

• Towns

• City-States

• Continents

• Regions

What is the name of the ruler that conquered Mesopotamia?

• Sargon

• Sumer

• Tigris

• Pharaoh Ramses

What is an Empire?

• A group of different lands and people governed by ONE ruler

• An advanced of complex society

• A group of people governing themselves

• A city-state