Benchmark Review

Why did the number of hunter and gatherer societies go down?

• They died out
• Animal predators ate them
• People learned how to grow crops and domesticate animals 
• The Ice Ages caused human life to end

Before the Agricultural Revolution, civilizations were 

• hunter gatherers
• boring
• relied on fishing
• involved with trade

Which best describes the lifestyle of hunters-gahters?

• technology based
• isolated
• nomadic
• stable

Which statement regarding hunting and gahtering societies is correct?

• women hunted and men joined in the hunting duties
• they first were found in Asia, but migrated into Europe
• they followed herds of large animals
• writing let them record hunting patterns for future generations

Early nomadic cultures that depended on wild plants and animals as their source of food were known as 

• Egyptians
• Primitives
• Hunter-gatherers
• Subsistence farmers

One of the reasons for the success of early civilizations such as those in Egypt and Mesopotamia was because

• they formed elected governments
• they made stone tools
• they were protected  from outside invaders
• they used rivers for food and for trade

What led to the formation of villages?

• farming
• use of fire
• use of tools
• hunting and gathering

 Explain  the location of the Ancient Indian cities and towns?

•  Located along the Indus for better trade with Egypt.
•  Located along the Indus for defense purposes.
• They were all located along the Indus river because of irrigation, trade, and transportation.
• Located along the Indus to limit contact with others.

One of the main reasons soceties settled along rivers was because

• the village elders demanded it
• the land there was more valuable
• it was more safe and secure there
• it provided irrigation for farming

Which of these is the best explanation of the immediate effect of the Agricultural Revolution?

• people quit hunting 
• writing was invented
• humans began to form towns and villages
• periods of starvation decreased worldwide population