Ancient Civilizations

Front 1

The earliest humans lived:
A. By hunting and gathering
B. as herders of sheep and other livestock
C. alone or in pairs
D. in farming villages along rivers and streams

Back 1

A. By hunting and gathering food.

Front 2

The development of farming brought all of the following changes to the lives of early humans except:
A. the first human made shelter
B. a larger supply of food
C. the construction of a permanent settlement
D. new types of clothing

Back 2

D. new types of clothing

Front 3

This is a why of supplying water to a large area of land.

Back 3

Questions: What is irrigation?

Front 4

This is the religious practice of worshiping many gods.

Back 4

Question: What is polytheism.

Front 5

This is the religious practice or worshiping one god.

Back 5

Question: What is monotheism?

Front 6

This ancient group of people, who lived in the fertile crescent, invented the first system of writing, the wheel, and the plow.

Back 6

Question: Who were the Sumerians?

Front 7

Unlike earlier pictographs, this system of writing, developed by the Sumerians, used symbols to represent syllables and parts or words.

Back 7

Question: What is cuneiform?

Front 8

Mesopotamian farmer invented these to irrigate their fields.

Back 8

Question: What are canals?

Front 9

This ancient system of writing used symbols to represent different objects.

Back 9

Question: What is the pictograph system?

Front 10

This is a a part or imprint of something that was once alive, and can be used by researchers to learn more about ancient cultures.

Back 10

Question: What is a fossil?