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1. Using the map, identify the place where systematic agriculture arose, and name three places where it spread before 2000 B.C.

2. What geographical factors account for the spread of agriculture before 2000 B.C.?

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scraping tools made it easier to clean animal hides

3. Using the information from the chart, what conclusion can you draw about why early peoples created the tools listed?

4. Which tools were probably used for hunting and fishing? Which tools were used for gathering?

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5. What geographical characteristics made up the Fertile Crescent?

6. Based on the information in the map, what made the Fertile Crescent an ideal place for civilization to begin?

DIRECTIONS: Essay Answer the following question on a separate piece of paper.

7. A civilization is defined as a complex culture in which large numbers of people share a number of common elements such as social structure, religion and art. The development of systematic agriculture allowed people to settle together and develop as a civilization. Using information presented in this chapter, explain the chapter’s Enduring Understanding statement: Early humans were nomadic hunter-gatherers, but as they developed agricultural skills, they settled and formed the first civilizations along fertile river valleys.

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