Chapter Review
Chapter 2.2 According to theory, where did all humans originate? Africa
Chapter 2.2 How many years ago did humans start to settle in one place? 10,000 years ago
Chapter 2.2 How many years ago did cities begin to appear? 5,000 years ago
Chapter 2.2 What do we call a societal ranking of people or groups of people according to their status, power or importance. Hierarchy
Chapter 2.2 Name of people who lived by hunting animals and gathering plants. Hunter-Gatherers
Chapter 2.2 King or queen who retains all power and has no limits on their rule is an ?. Absolute Monarch
Chapter 2.2 What do we call the process of taming animals and using plants for human use. Domestication
Chapter 2.2 What do we call a family of leaders whose rule is hereditary. Dynasty
Chapter 2.2 What skill makes the difference between a society being seen as a settlement or a civilization? Writing
Chapter 2.2 A societies beliefs, knowledge and patterns of living that people acquire by living together. A way of life for a group of people. Culture
Chapter 2.2 A pattern of living without much movement such as living in towns and cities. Sedentary
Chapter 2.2 Name four materials that hunter-gatherers used to make tools Wood, Bone, Antlers, and stone
Chapter 2.2 What is the name of the region where farmers first appeared? Fertile Crescent
Chapter 2.2 What two rivers does the Fertile Crescent surround? Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Chapter 2.2 What two physical features were common among the early civilizations? Near rivers. Fertile soil.
Chapter 2.2 Give two results of civilization being near water and having fertile soil. Could Grow more food. This in turn increased population.
Chapter 2.2 Which member of early civilization was most responsible for the welfare of the state? King
Chapter 2.2 How did growing more food than a society needed change the lives of people in that society. Not everyone needed to be a farmer. Others could develop other skills