Test on the Neolithic Revolution and Early Societies : For Monday, please review your notes from this week, your homework assignments and your textbook readings. You will have 45 minutes for the test. Please use the study guide below to prepare:

Define the following (use specific dates where appropriate):
pangea
neolithic revolution
stone age
end of the Great Ice Age
Hammurabi's Laws
Gilgamesh
mummification
city-state
Harappan Civilization
ziggurat
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
ideograph
dynastic cycle
feudalism

Timeline: Be able to put on a timeline with the start date for each of the following
the Neolithic Revolution, Sumer, Egypt, Shang China, the Harappan Civilization

Short answer: Discuss in one or two sentences
1. How did gender relations change from hunter gatherer societies to neolithic societies?
2. What evidence does Jared Diamomond use to show that hunter gatherers were healthier than neolithics?
3. According to Diamond, why did neolithic societies beat out hunter gatherer ones?
4. Why did early civiliaztions originate in river valleys?

Essay: Be able to discuss similarities and differences between the four early civilizations we have studied (Mesopotamia, the Nile, the Yellow River and the Indus River). Choose any three characteristics of civilization from the textbook (cities, government, religions, specialization, social class, arts and architecture, public works or writing) for comparison. Use specific, relevant examples from the readings.