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Social Studies                                              Unit 1 Study Guide

Unit 1 Study Guide

Your books and assessments are to be used to complete the following questions and definitions. This guide will prepare you for your Unit 1 Test.

Chapter 1: pages 5-11
* Definitions:
· Artifact


· Ritual


* Questions:
· What does an archaeologist examine?


· What are examples of human made creations that a geographer might study?


Chapter 2: pages 13-23
* Definitions:
· Migrate


· Land Bridges

* Questions:
· What was Upright Man's greatest ability?


· What conclusions can researchers make about why they found the bones of more than one Handy Man?


· What did the invention of the spear thrower allow early modern humans to do?


Chapter 3: pages 25-31
* Questions:
· Why did people live in larger communities during the Neolithic Age than in earlier times?


· If you were a Neolithic trader, what did you learn as you traveled and traded?


· What type of an expert might be most interested in studying trade routes?


· What new discovery started the New Stone Age?


· Through developing specialized skills, what did people not have to do anymore?

· What was the greatest benefit when people began farming?


· What did most people spend their time doing in Paleolithic times?


Chapter 4: pages 33-39
* Definitions:
· City-State


* Questions:
· Why didn’t the Sumerians continue living in small villages?


· What did the Sumerians have to do to maintain their irrigation systems?


· What was the biggest problem that the Sumerian farmers faced?


· How did farming in Mesopotamia cause people to move south?


· What is Mesopotamia known as?


· What did the Sumerians use levees, canals and dams for?

· Why were Sumerian settlements called city-states?


Chapter 5: pages 41-49
* Definitions:
· Ziggurat


· Cuneiform


· Social Structure


* Questions:
· What evidence shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric?


· What did the Sumerians invent that allowed their armies to use the chariots?


· How were Sumerian religion and government connected?


· What belief gave the Sumerian king’s power?


· How did the inventions of irrigation systems and plows help the Sumerians?

Chapter 6: pages 51-59
* Questions:
· Why did the Assyrians build their palaces on tall mounds?


· What was Hammurabi known for?


· What type of power did the Akkadians use to conquer Sumer?


· Which of the seven wonders of the ancient world did Nebuchadrezzar create?
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