WCI Unit 1 Review

This ancient civilization began in Mesopotamia

• Roman Empire

• Sumer

• Polynesia

• Aztec Empire

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

• A change from hunting and gathering to agriculture

• A change from stone tools to bronze tools

• A change from elected leaders to religious leaders

• A change from living in towns to living in cities

Ziggurat

• A temple to a moon god

• A stepped tower supporting a temple

• A huge country plantation

• A double-hulled canoe

A religious system with many gods

• Aniconism

• monotheism

• Animism

• polytheism

This wedge-shaped writing was developed in Sumer

• Sumerian

• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform

• Latin

While the Roman Empire's cities lay under Rome's authority, Sumer was made of many independent...

• Ziggurats

• Megacities

• Latifundia

• City-states

The head of a Roman household:

• Caecilius

• Paterfamilias

• Insula

• legion

A country plantation owned by rich Romans

• Domus

• Insula

• Latifundia

• Paterfamilias

Homes in this style were found throughout Pompeii, and were places for living and business

• Ziggurat

• Domus

• Insula

• city-state

Silk Roads

• The advanced road network connecting Roman cities

• The road network connecting Sumerian city-states

• The trade routes connecting Europe to East Asia

• The nickname for the silky-smooth ocean routes traveled by Polynesians