AP World History Flashcards
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| 3113752426 | The Neolithic Age | Is named for the characteristics of its tools. | 0 | |
| 3113752427 | The first animals to be domesticated in the "Fertile Crescent" were: | Goats and sheep | 1 | |
| 3113752428 | The use of ceramics is usually an indicator that the owners were: | Village dwellers | 2 | |
| 3113752429 | The earliest staple crops in central India included: | Rice | 3 | |
| 3113762698 | The distinctive characteristics of Neolithic pottery included: | Fine designs and colors | 4 | |
| 3113773418 | Located farthest from the Fertile Crescent is: | Western Iranian plateau | 5 | |
| 3113785316 | Most experts think that innovative primary urbanization: | Must have been after the practice of agriculture | 6 | |
| 3113790686 | Urbanization began latest: | Along the Niger River | 7 | |
| 3113794584 | The Bronze Age: | Was a time of significant technological breakthroughs | 8 | |
| 3113799409 | As cities more developed: | New class hierarchies emerged | 9 | |
| 3113805802 | This region witnessed the earliest urban settlement: | Southern Mesopotamia | 10 | |
| 3113810336 | The worlds first system of writing evolved in | Sumer | 11 | |
| 3113826177 | The Sumerians: | Dominated Mesopotamia for nearly a millennium | 12 | |
| 3113831246 | The Sumerians were finally conquered by: | Sargon of Akkad | 13 | |
| 3113837227 | Although the Sumerians did not speak Semitic, their use of Semitic names suggests: | Semitic-speaking people may have preceded them in the area | 14 | |
| 3113863108 | The city-states of Mesopotamia were especially vulnerable due to: | Inter-urban warfare | 15 | |
| 3113901814 | In Sumer after about 2800 BCE, members of this group ruled in conjunction with kings: | Temple priests | 16 | |
| 3113904053 | Sumerian trade: | Extended as far as the Indus Valley | 17 | |
| 3113908204 | This type of writing occurred first | Cuneiform writing | 18 | |
| 3113912992 | This has given us the best idea of important Sumerian values | Epics | 19 | |
| 3113916267 | This people invented writing | Sumerians | 20 | |
| 3113921650 | This was the largest geographic challenge for the people settling in Mesopotamia | The unpredictable nature of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | 21 | |
| 3113928835 | Describes women's roles in city-states in Mesopotamia | Women could own property and engage in trade | 22 | |
| 3113935806 | Was not a characteristic of city-states in Mesopotamia | A diminished role of religion | 23 |