McDougal Littell World History Chapter 1 Lesson 1 and 2

What revolutionary change took place during the Neolithic Age?

• simple shelters
• hunting
• farming
• tool making

The first humans appeared in what continent and began migrating all over the world

• Australia
• Antarctica
• Africa
• North America

Another name for the Paleolithic Age was the...

• The New Stone Age
• The Bronze Age
• The Old Stone Age
• The Ice Age

Another word for farming is...

• agriculture
• specialization
• technology
• irragation

What was the main concern of hunter gatherers?

• what to wear
• who had the best spear
• searching for food
• how to keep the fire alive

What occured during the Neolithic Age that allowed people to stop being nomadic?

• specialization
• domestication and farming
• technology
• irrigation

A weapon, tool, or other item made by humans is a/an

• artifact.
• nomad.
• fossil.
• historian.

What lead to the development of different jobs?

• food surplus
• cave art
• boredom
• Ice Age

Which of the following geographic features was the most important to the development of the first civilizations?

• deserts
• mountain ranges
• lakes
• rivers/river valleys

A main characteristic of civilizations is

• writing
• social structure
• government
• all of the above