Period 1 Test Review

Which of the following have scholars advanced as a possible explanation for the emergence of patriarchy in the First Civilizations?

• Participation of women in animal-drawn, plow-based agriculture

• Increased role of women outside the home

• Decline in birthrates that accompanied civilizations

• Emergence of large-scale warfare with professionally led armies

Which of the following provided the primary economic foundation for civilization?

• Slavery

• Warefare

• Writing

• Agriculture

The discovery of Indus Valley seals in Mesopotamia suggests that the seals were used

• as tribute

• in rituals

• in trade

• in diplomacy

What was one purpose that writing served in the First Civilizations?

• To keep track of who paid their taxes to the state

• To entertain the elite society

• To record folktales

• To record migration patterns of animals

All of the following were features of the civilizations in Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, the Indus River Valley, and the Yellow River valley EXCEPT: 

• A degree of craft specialization
• A level of social stratification
• Development of irrigation systems
• Construction of architectural monuments

Which of the following First Civilizations is sometimes referred to as the “mother civilization” of Mesoamerica?

• Olmec
• Norte Chico
• Mesopotamia
• Aztec

Civilizations refers to:

• A particular and distinctive type of human society organized into cities and states.

• A growth of inequality amongst social groups in early civilizations

• Formations of complex institutions

• Term to describe the movements of nomadic peoples

The Agricultural Revolution occurred independently in various parts of the world between

• 12,000 and 4,000 years ago

• 1700 and 1800

• 200,000 and 100,000 years ago

• 1000 BCE

What is another name for the Agricultural Revolution?

• First Civilizations

• Paleolithic Revolution

• Neolithic Revolution

• Mesopotamia

In what ways were chiefdoms different from agricultural village societies?

• Chiefdoms were permanent settlements based on agriculture

• Chiefdoms contained more inequality

• Chiefdoms often organized themselves in terms of kinship groups or lineages.

• Chiefdoms had organized irrigation systems and controlled trade with neighboring areas organized by temple priests