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| 7027261471 | Neolithic | the last division of the Stone Age, immediately preceding the development of metallurgy and corresponding to the ninth to the fifth millennia BC, it was characterized by the increasing domestication of animals and cultivation of crops, established agricultural communities, and the appearance of such crafts as pottery and weaving. | 0 | |
| 7027263479 | Innovation | the explanation that similar cultural traits, techniques, or objects found among different groups of people were invented independently rather than spread from one group to another | 1 | |
| 7027264858 | Diffusion | the spread of ideas, objects, or traits from one culture to another | 2 | |
| 7027267351 | Ziggurat | a temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed of square or rectangular terraces of diminishing size, usually with a shrine on top built of blue enamel bricks, the color of the sky | 3 | |
| 7027268857 | Pictograms | a pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept | 4 | |
| 7027269197 | Cuneiform | a writing system in use in the ancient Near East from around the end of the fourth millennium to the first century BC | 5 | |
| 7027271665 | Ideogram | a character or figure in a writing system in which the idea of a thing is represented rather than its name (Chinese uses ideograms) | 6 | |
| 7253200209 | What are the distinctive characteristics of Neolithic pottery? | fine designs and colors | 7 | |
| 7253205538 | Which region witnessed the earliest urban settlement? | Mesopotamia | 8 | |
| 7253211398 | What does the use of ceramics indicate? | That they were village dwellers | 9 | |
| 7253231864 | Of the following, which is located farthest from the Fertile Crescent? | Iranian plataeu | 10 | |
| 7253234917 | What was the earliest staple crop in India? | Rice | 11 | |
| 7253236464 | The Bronze Age | was a time of significant technological breakthroughs | 12 | |
| 7253242269 | Sumerian cuneiform writing was displaced primarily due to the actions of? | Alexander the Great | 13 | |
| 7253272635 | How far did Sumer trade extend? | extended as far as the Indus valley | 14 | |
| 7253275071 | Who dominated Mesopotamia for nearly a millennium? | The Sumerians | 15 | |
| 7253279788 | In Sumerian times, the idea of legal identity and loyalty was based most fundamentally on: | Geography | 16 | |
| 7253302727 | The city-states of Mesopotamia were especially vulnerable due to what? | Inter-urban warfare | 17 | |
| 7253304740 | Which type of writing occurred first? | Pictographic writing | 18 |
