Ancient History and Culture Quiz - Vocab

What is the definition of culture?

• The earliest period when stone tools were used

• A form of slavery in which humans are sold as goods

• The spread of people, things, ideas, cultural practices, disease, technology, weather, and other factors

• The ways of living built up by a group and passed on from one generation to another

What does the term 'Paleolithic Age' mean?

• Iron Age

• New Stone

• Old Stone

• Bronze Age

What is diffusion?

• A form of human culture marked by urbanism

• The spread of people, things, ideas, cultural practices, disease, technology, weather, and other factors from one place to another

• A writing system invented by the Sumerians

• The shift from hunter-gatherer societies to settled communities

What is the Neolithic Revolution also known as?

• The Age of Bronze

• The Age of Stone

• The Age of Iron

• The Age of Agriculture

Where did the first civilization appear?

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Greece

• China

What marks a civilization?

• The spread of cultural practices

• The invention of writing systems

• The use of stone tools

• Urbanism, technological adaptation, social complexity, long-distance trade, and symbolic communication

What is the Bronze Age known for?

• The invention of the wheel

• The use of iron tools

• The importance of the metal bronze

• The development of agriculture

What is cuneiform?

• A form of slavery

• A type of ancient Egyptian writing

• A writing system invented by the Sumerians

• A type of ancient Greek architecture

What is chattel slavery?

• A form of slavery in which humans are sold as goods

• A type of writing system

• A form of government

• A type of ancient Egyptian architecture

What does the term 'Pharaoh' originally mean?

• Old stone

• Sacred carvings

• Great house or palace

• God-king