WHAP ch. 1

The Human species was characterized in the paleolithic age by all of the following EXCEPT

• the development of simple stone tools
• slow population growth
• the development of economies based on agriculture
• the ability to express themselves artistically

The characteristic political organization of the Tigris-Euphrates civilization was

• democracy
• large, durable empires
• regional city states
• small, nomadic groups

Jewish monotheism

• was spread actively by jewish missionaries throughout the middle east
• emphasized the power and abstraction of God
• included the worship of lesser gods
• rejected the idea that people are ethically responsible for their behavior

The development of writing

• resulted in new technologies, notably the invention of paper
• helps explain why agriculture developed
• was necessary for the development of a civilization
• facilitated the development of formal bureaucratic governments 

The concept of civilization includes all of the following EXCEPT

• greater social equality
• writing systems
• the development of cities
• specialization of labor

Egyptian civilization differed from Mesopotamia by stressing

• the use of slave labor
• a more centralized government, that controlled the economy
• trade and science
• the use of water to nourish crops

as the most influential of the smaller middle eastern regional cultures, the jewish culture differed from others most in its

• monotheism
• strong military tradition
• large, centralized state
• vigorous sea trade

a characteristic of humans before the advent of civilization was

• the ability to spread through various geographic settings and climate zones
• the ability to organize large political units
• the ability to write and keep records of trade
• all tasks were shared equally by men and women

which river valley civilization was most completely destroyed by invasion

• huanghe
• amazon 
• indus
• tigris

the neolithic revolution refers to the period

• in which democracy developed
• that saw the rise of agriculture
• before people learned to communicate
• before people learned to use fire