Chapter 2 Test - Origins of Civilization

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What is a place called where new ideas and practices first began?

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cultural hearth

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How could Catalhoyuk be described?

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one of the world's oldest known settlements

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What happened soon after communities started to thrive?

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governments were organized

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What climate change led to the growth of cultural hearths in China's river valleys?

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warmer and wetter weather

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What important new crop did farmers in Oaxaca grow?

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maize

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Where did many of Faiyum's farming practices come from?

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Mediterranean area

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What are two major building blocks of civilization?

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practicing agriculture and having an organized religion

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What was an important feature of Gobekli Tepe?

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images of ferocious animals were carved into its pillars

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What development in human society came after the ancient cultural hearths?

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civilizations

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What was at the heart of cities in early civilizations?

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trading centers