1. What archaeological evidence demonstrates that Çatalhöyük was an advanced culture? 2. Why did the people of Çatalhöyük build their dwellings so close together?

3. Based on the illustration, what might have been some advantages to living at Çatalhöyük? (page39)

4. What is unique about the Yangshao culture?

5. Why did farmers grow different types of crops in the southern and northern river basins of China?

6. Based on its definition, what does the word part "matri"mean?

7. How did the domestication of maize help Mesoamerica become a cultural hearth?

8. How do archaeologists know that Mesoamericans domesticated maize?

9. Based on the illustration and text, what changes did domestication bring about to teosinte?(Page 43)

10. Why were early farmers attracted to the Nile River Valley?

11. How did a climate shift that happened 10,000 years ago change the Sahara and Nile River Valley.

12. What impact did neighboring cultures have on the farmers at Faiyum?