Understanding Early Humanity

What term describes a ruler with complete authority over the government and the lives of the people?

• City-State

• Republic

• Absolute Monarch

• Empire

What is an independent, self-governing city and its surrounding territory called?

• Civilization

• City-State

• Dynasty

• Empire

Which term refers to a complex society with a stable food supply, specialization of labor, government, and culture?

• Hierarchy

• Domestication

• Civilization

• Republic

What is the process of taming animals and cultivating plants for human use called?

• Hierarchy

• Domestication

• Sedentary

• Pastoral Nomad

What term describes a series of rulers from the same family lineage?

• Dynasty

• Empire

• Republic

• City-State

What is a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler or government called?

• Hierarchy

• Empire

• Civilization

• Direct Democracy

What is a system in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority?

• Hierarchy

• Republic

• Absolute Monarch

• City-State

Who is a member of a nomadic people who live by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food?

• Pastoral Nomad

• Hunter-Gatherer

• Sedentary

• Domestication

What term describes a person who herds domesticated animals and moves with them to find grazing land?

• Hunter-Gatherer

• Pastoral Nomad

• Sedentary

• Dynasty

What term describes people or societies that are settled in one place and do not move around frequently?

• Sedentary

• Pastoral Nomad

• Hunter-Gatherer

• Domestication