Friday, September 7, 2012

Social Studies Study Guide Ch3/4

Social Studies Study Guide
Chapter 3&4
*Hints: Study your notes!
o   You should study the vocabulary words we have covered so far…even in chapter 1 &2 J It may help you when looking for an answer.
o   When taking a multiple-choice exam, it sometimes helps to cross out the answers you know are incorrect first. This helps you narrow your thinking to find the correct answer.
Chapter 3
·         What discovery began the Neolithic Age and what discovery ended it?
·         What was the greatest benefit when people began farming?
·         How did people in Neolithic times build homes to protect against animal attacks?
·         Why did people live in larger communities during the Neolithic Age?
·         What was different about living in Paleolithic times compared to Neolithic times?
·         What happened to Neolithic traders as they traveled and traded items?
·         What were the results of people developing special skills in Neolithic times?
·         What changes came about because people began living in permanent shelters?
·         There will be a Venn diagram that you will fill in with the similarities and differences between Paleolithic and Neolithic times.
Chapter 4
·         What does the name Mesopotamia mean?
·         How did Early Sumerian cities protect themselves from attacks?
·         What change, caused by farming in northern Mesopotamia, led people to move south?
·         How did Sumerians create an irrigation system?
·         What happened when people from many villages used Sumerian irrigation systems?
·         Why were Sumerian settlements called city-states?
·         Why didn’t Sumerians continue living in small villages, as their ancestors had?
·         What made it harder to live in Sumer than in the Zagros foothills?
·         Know the sequence of problems/solutions that we filled out in class.
o   ____________ caused Mesopotamians to à move to the river valley à ____________ caused Mesopotamians to à build irrigation systems à ____________ and ____________ over water caused Mesopotamians to à live in larger communities.

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