Test Review

Multiple Choice:

1. Social phenomenon that appears before the Agricultural Revolution is___

   Hunting!!!!

2. The river that supported farming in Ancient Egypt is the ____

   Nile river!!

3. The first Egyptian monarchy is believed to have dated from around ____

   3000BC

4. The invention of writing gave rise to a specialize elite called _____

   Scribes

5. The first great city state Mesopotamia was the city of ______

   Uruk

Short Answers

Topic 1: Define and explain in general terms what is meant by the “agricultural revolution” and some of the ways it changed the development of human society

Answer:

BEFORE:

• Small scale tribal

• nomadic

• hunting and gathering

• RELATIVELY more egalitarian (there is no hierarchy)

AFTER:

• Settled Communities

• Pop Growth (MORE food security, MORE fertility)

• Mass production (pottery, beer, bread)

• Craft specialization

• Writing invented to keep track of inventory

• Animal Domestication

• Social rankings

long distance trade

Topic 2 (Read the Mcneil Summary on LEA) : Discuss and explain with clear examples some of the characteristics features of the ancient Egyptian civilization that contributed to its remarkable socio-economic stability.

• Nile River → Facilitated agriculture

  • PREDICTABILITY, GENTLY and GRADUALLY floods during the summer

  • Egyptians can plan and prepare every year

  • Brings down minerals

  • Irrigation channels to trap the water and piles of silts (fertilizer)

  • desalinates (no salt to purify the water, makes it easier for plants to grow)

• Allowed easy transportation

  • social cohesion

  • trade

• Geography

  • Western desert

  • Eastern desert (Red sea)

  • Cataracts (blockages, rapids, easy to see who is coming in)

Topic 3: Discuss some of the developments that contributed to the rise of ancient empires and the broader networks that created and connected civilizations (final evolutionary stage of the agricultural evolution)

• Differential population growth and urban development

  • some cities emerge as a hub (regional) of a network of smaller communities

  • facilitating trade

  • provides protection

  • bigger population = bigger market

  • more skills