Statistics for The Neolithic Era- Terms

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Definition	Term	% Correct
Human beings	Homo Sapiens	77%
The early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used.	Paleolithic	77%
The "land between two rivers" - Tigris and Euphrates	Mesopotamia	60%
The "New Stone Age", stone tools are still used; sedentary agriculture emerges	Neolithic	50%
When people began using bronze tools (3100-1200 BCE); first civilized age	Bronze age	43%
The father/eldest male is the head of the family	Patriarchy	40%
Temples located in the physical culture centers of Mesopotamian cities	Ziggurats	23%
Ancient farming town in Turkey- continuously inhabited for 2,000 years	Catal Huyuk	10%
Conquered the Sumerian City States & forced them into an empire	Sargon of Akkad	10%
A comprehensive set of laws of family and commercial law	Hammurabi's Code	7%
The domestication/ selective breeding of plants and animals	Husbandry	3%
Fully developed writing form developed by the ancient Samaritians	Cuneform	0%
Living near the most plants/animals suited for domestication	Eurasian advantage	0%
Concrete object that people create	Material culture	0%
A predicted future	Oracles	0%
Unequal division in classes of society	Social Stratification	0%
Consist of Babylon, Nippur, Lagash, Uruk, Erida and Ur	The Sumarian City States	0%