Short Answer Assignment
Instructions: Please complete the following assignment. For all questions, please respond in at least three complete sentences.
1- What was so different about Chinese religion and why?
2- What was similar about nearly all ancient religions and why?
3- Why was the movement of people from hunting and gathering to farming (the Neolithic Revolution) so important?
4- How is the invention and evolution of writing like modern Information Technology?
5- What was the problem with early economies?
6- Describe how the first civilizations evolved once people began to farm.
7- Why did ancient religions form and become so central to the everyday life of most people in ancient societies?
8- Pick one of the four river-based civilizations and describe some of the things they developed or discovered that influence us today.
9- How were the people of ancient societies structured?
10- During the rise and development of the four primary river-based civilizations what was happening in Europe, Africa, and the Americas?