Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
5 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
How did the people of the Neolithic Age view the natural world? |
1. The natural world was unpredictable. 2. Natural disasters like crop failures, droughts, floods, and plagues seemingly happened at random. 3. The ancient farmers of this age did not understand why disasters happened or how to avoid them. |
|
|
How did the People of the Neolithic Age view the human world? |
1. The human world was unpredictable. 2. Farmers lived constantly with the threat of outside attacks. 3. The strong dominated the weak in society. |
|
|
What inventions did the people of ancient Mesopotamia create? |
1. The developed monarchies. 2. They developed complex polytheistic religions. 3. They developed writing. 4. They developed codified legal codes. 5. They invented professional armies. 6. They developed metallurgy. 7. They developed the wheel and chariots. 8. They developed a numbering system, geometry, and arithmetic. 9. They charted the movements of the sun, moon, stars, and planets across the sky. |
|
|
How did the cultures of Mesopotamia change humankind's relationship with the natural world? |
1. With the cultures of Mesopotamia, humans realized that the natural world could be a predictable place. 2. Religion gave them the hope that the natural world could be influenced favorably with the proper worship of the gods. 3. Math and astronomy taught them that the natural world conformed to rules and behaved in a stable and predictable manner. |
|
|
How did people of Mesopotamia change humankind's relationship with the human world? |
1. With the cultures of Mesopotamia, the human world became more orderly. 2. The rule of strong kings protected the weak in society. 3. Written laws made court predictable, public, and fair. 4. Well-equipped professional armies protected society from attack by outsiders. |
