Deck 2: D: First Civilizations Cities, States, and Unequal Societies 3500 B.C.E-500 B.C.E

Question 1

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A region along the central coast of Peru,home of a civilization that developed in the period 3000-1800 B.C.E.and the largest of some twenty-five urban centers that emerged in the area at that time.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Answer 1

Norte Chico/Caral

Question 2

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
This country is often known as "the gift of the Nile" because the region would not have been able to support a significant human population without the Nile's annual inundation,which provided rich silt deposits and made agriculture possible.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Answer 2

Egypt

Question 3

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
An early civilization that developed along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico around 1200 B.C.E.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Answer 3

Olmec civilization

Question 4

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Literally "rule of the father";a social system of male dominance.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Question 5

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley,noted for development of an alphabetic writing system and a major ironworking industry by 500 B.C.E.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Question 6

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
The largest city of ancient Mesopotamia.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Question 7

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A series of laws publicized at the order of a Babylonian king (d.1750 B.C.E. ).A number of laws that proclaim the king's commitment to social order.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Question 8

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
South Asian civilization that apparently generated no temples,palaces,elaborate caves,kings,or warrior classes.Archaeological evidence provides little indication of a political hierarchy or centralized state,yet many features of this civilization persist to the present.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Question 9

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Major cities of the Indus Valley civilization,both of which flourished around 2000 B.C.E.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Question 10

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
An Egyptian foreman,in charge of a crew of tomb workers,whose misdeeds in about 1300 B.C.E.in life were recorded by a rival.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Question 11

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
The most famous extant literary work from ancient Mesopotamia,it tells the story of one man's quest for immortality.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Question 12

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A major First Civilization that emerged in southern Mesopotamia around 3500 B.C.E.to 3000 B.C.E.This civilization likely gave rise to the world's earliest written language,which was used initially by officials to record the goods received by various temples.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Question 13

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A process of centralization that took place in the First Civilizations,growing out of the greater complexity of urban life and the need for coordination,regulation,adjudication,and military leadership.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia

Question 14

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A major first civilization that emerged around 2200 B.C.E.in central Asia along the Oxus or Amu Darya river in what is now northern Afghanistan.An important focal point for a Eurasian-wide system of intellectual and cultural exchange,it faded away about 1700 B.C.E.

A)Norte Chico/Caral
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Central Asian/Oxus civilization
D)Olmec civilization
E)Uruk
F)Epic of Gilgamesh
G)Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
H)Code of Hammurabi
I)patriarchy
J)rise of the state
K)Egypt
L)Sumer
M)Paneb
N)Nubia