Social Science 2 - Q2 - LG 1.3-1.4, Meso

Early people scavenge for food to survive. However in time, scavenging stopped. What caused this to happen?

• They traded resources with other villages.

• They learned growing and cultivating of crops.

• They chose not to hunt and gather food anymore.

• They discovered bountiful resources enough for them to survive.

Cities became centers of human activity and served as melting pots of cultures across regions further in time. This is why cities are called ______.

• causes of civilizations

• sources of civilizations

• birthplaces of civilizations

• beginnings of civilizations

Which of the following can help understand the distinction between a city and a village?

• complex institution

• complex technology

• complex trade

• complex market

Which among the following rivers systems have caused extreme damages to one of the ancient early civilizations that it was named as the River of Sorrow?

• Nile River

• Huang He River

• Yangtze River

• Euphrates River

There are many uses of rivers during the early times and one of its uses is irrigation for crops. However, what was the reason why early people decided to settle down in one place and civilizations started to flourish?

(a)  

How did rivers lead the flourishing of civilizations? (Answer in 3-5 sentences.)

Among the given illustrations, which depicts the Ancient China civilization?

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This refers to the one of the greatest inventions of the early civilizations, and led to the beginning of written history.

• writing

• government

• wheel

• record-keeping

Mesopotamia, (a)   : Egypt, hieroglyphics

Sumerians developed this number system with the base of 60 in mathematics, from which modern units for measuring time (60 seconds = 1 minute) and the 360 degrees of a circle were derived from. Which of the following is described?

• sixty system

• sexagesimal system

• sedentary system

• Sumerian system