Chapter 2: The World's History, Howard Spodek Flashcards

4713986365	T/F: Most people used in human sacrifice in Sumer were slaves	False	0
4713986672	The Sumerians were finally conquered by:	Sargon of Akkad	1
4713988039	The distinctive characteristics of Neolithic pottery include:	fine designs and colorsWhich region witnessed the earliest urban settlement?	2
4713988446	Which region witnessed the earliest urban settlement?	southern Mesopotamia	3
4713988833	T/F: As cities became larger, their organization became more complex.	True	4
4713989703	T/F: In the Andes, record keeping was initially accomplished through the use of tokens and pictures.	False	5
4713990823	The earliest staple crops in central India included:	rice	6
4713992162	The Neolithic Age:	is named for the characteristics of its tools	7
4713992473	The use of ceramics is usually an indicator that the owners were:	village dwellers	8
4713992476	Sumerian cuneiform writing was displaced primarily due to the actions of:	Alexander the Great	9
4713993023	In Sumer after about 2800 B.C.E., members of this group ruled in conjunction with kings:	temple priests	10
4713994024	T/F: The Japanese did NOT develop agricultural cultivation until several thousand years after they began to live in villages.	True	11
4713994673	T/F: Horses were first domesticated in China:	False	12
4713996036	T/F: In addition to fishing, the Jomon villagers of Japan hunted gazelles.	False	13
4713996391	The first animals to be domesticated in the "Fertile Crescent" were:	goats and sheep	14
4713996392	This people invented writing:	Sumerians	15
4713996393	The Bronze Age:	was a time of significant technological breakthroughs.	16
4713997918	T/F: Most of the earliest civilizations developed in the northern hemisphere:	True	17
4713997919	The world's first system of writing evolved in:	Sumer	18
4713998959	T/F: Gilgamesh was the legendary ruler of the Sumerian city Uruk.	True	19
4713998960	T/F: Alphabetic writing preceded the development of cuneiform.	False	20
4713999745	Which type of writing occurred first?	pictographic writing	21
4714001230	T/F: The Sumerian city-states are notable for their lack of religious meeting places.	False	22
4714001714	The city-states of Mesopotamia were especially vulnerable due to:	inter-urban warfare	23
4714002752	T/F: One significant result of metallurgy was the creation of more effective weapons.	True	24