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By LaDonna Aldrich-Means
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Question 1
1.
How can cultural hearths be described?
Most of their food came from killing wild animals.
They were places where new ideas and practices began to take hold.
They used trade routes to share their goods and ideas with other communities.
They had complex governments and religious practices.
Question 2
2.
What happened soon after settled groups started to thrive?
People began taming animals.
People begain making tools from stone.
Governments were organized.
People started growing crops.
Question 3
3.
Which of the following was most important in helping Catalhoyuk increase in size?
access to the ocean
stable food supply
large mud brick homes
complex government
Question 4
4.
What was a sign that the people in Catalhoyuk practiced religion?
bone utensils and tools
a protective wall around the settlement
horned bulls' heads mounted on walls
buildings made of mud bricks
Question 5
5.
Why do archaeologists think that most people in Banpo society had the same status?
everyone was a farmer
most graves had similar grave goods
all the homes were about the same size
all the pottery were decorated with geometric artwork
Question 6
6.
What climate change led to the growth of cultural hearths in China's river valleys?
warmer and wetter weather
a slight cooling of temperatrues because an ice age was starting
hot, dry weather
wide swings in the weather with periodic droughts
Question 7
7.
How do archaeologists know that people in Faiyum were in touch with other cultures?
Faiyum's climate did not suppoort enough agriculture
the agriculture practices there were not native to the area
tools made at Faiyum have been found in many other places
the building styles of Failyum closely followed the plans seen in other cultural hearths
Question 8
8.
What are the two major building blocks of civilization?
domesticating animals and having an organized religion
practicing agriculture and having an organized religion
practicing agriculture and having a matriarchal society
domesticating animals and having a matriarchal society
Question 9
9.
Besides helping people obtain goods from far away, why was trading important?
it helped spread ideas across a broad area
it forced people to move from the cities to rural areas
it led to people making stone, rather than metal, tools
it led to a decrease in population
Question 10
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Which of the traits of a complex civilization led to using metals to make tools?
improved technologies
creation of cities
record keeping
complex institutions