CFE Practice Test 1

SS.6.W.2.1

What was the most important and long-lasting effect that the Agricultural Revolution had on people’s lives?

• People completely stopped hunting and gathering.

• The population grew at a faster rate, and people settled into communities.

• People began eating wild grains.

• New types of stone tools were made.

SS.6.W.2.1

What occurred as a result of an abundant food supply being produced? 

• Job Specialization

• Technology

• Systematic Agriculture

• Domestication of Animals

SS.6.W.2.2

How did humans live differently once they learned how to grow crops and tame animals?

• People stopped gathering grain

• People stopped using stone tools

• People began to build homes that house several clans

• People began to settle in communities

SS.6.W.2.2

What is one impact of the Agricultural Revolution?

• Populations remained the same because hunting was dangerous.

• Populations decreased as nomads searched for food.

• Populations stayed the same to make travel easier.

• Populations grew and developed into civilizations.

SS.6.W.2.4

Who made up the largest group in Egyptian society?

• priests and nobles

• farmers and unskilled workers

• pharaoh and his family

• merchants and artisans

SS.6.W.2.4

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• merchants

• artisans

• scribes

• heads of households

SS.6.W.2.4

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• pyramid

• palace

• stupa

• ziggurat

SS.6.W.2.4

Which two ancient planned cities were located along the Indus River Valley?

• Sumer and Babylon

• Jerusalem and Bethlehem

• Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

• Memphis and Thebes

SS.6.W.2.4

The Chinese discovered that melting iron in a coal-burning furnace would produce what new kind of metal?

• Steel

• Aluminum

• Bronze

• Titanium

SS.6.W.2.4

How did the Bronze Age affect Mesopotamian civilization?

• People used bronze to make medicines.

• People used bronze to coat bricks and building materials.

• People used bronze to decorate their bodies for ceremonial purposes.

• People used bronze to make weapons and tools.