Early Global History

Which of the following would a geographer be most interested in?

• A letter found buried in an old book
• An ancient clay sculpture
• A map of an old civilization's borders
• Tools used to paint on the walls of caves

Which of the following items would an economist study?

• receipts
• maps
• wildflowers
• election advertisements

Which of the following items would an political scientist study?

• receipts
• maps
• wildflowers
• election advertisements

Which of these subjects does a geographer study?

• choices people make about what to buy
• natural and human features of Earth's surface
• governments of cities, states, and nations
• written records from a thousand years ago

What change marked the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution? 

• beginning of hunting and gathering
• man learned to write
• man began farming
• man built towns and cities

How did man get his food during the Paleolithic Age?

• Growing crops
• Hunting and Gathering
• Stealing from others
• Scavenging

Which of the following happened when man began to farm?

• There were communities where people could do jobs other than farming jobs 
• They had more meat in their diet
• They were constantly attacked by wild animals
• They had to move from place to place following crops

Which development was a direct result of the Neolithic Revolution?

• Machines were used to mass- produce goods for markets
• a surplus of food led to more complex societies
  A surplus of food led to more complex societies 
• Feudal manors provided the necessities of life.
• the centers of trade moved from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean

Where did the first civilization occur?

• river valleys
• deserts
• coastlines
• chokepoints

What were the effects of the Neolithic Revolution?

• Surplus Food Supply
• Specialization of Jobs
• Permanent Settlements
• All of the above