Prehistory and Ancient civilizations

Which of the following is something that all of the earliest civilizations had in common

• They were founded by hunter gatherers

• they were located on rivers

• they were ruled by democracies

• they were in Europe

The earliest known form of writing was

• Hieroglyphics

• Oracle bones

• Indus Script

• Cuneiform

Subsistence farming is

• farming to feed a city

• farming for cash crops

• farming to trade

• farming to feed yourself and your family

The Neolithic Revolution is also known as

• the american revolution because it led to the founding of the USA

• the commercial revolution because it led to the invention of trade

• the agricultural revolution because it led to the invention of farming

• the communist revolution because it led to the founding of communist Russia

What was an impact of the Neolithic Revolution?

• Food surpluses, job specialization and the rise of cities

• Food shortages, job loss and the fall of cities

• New rock weapons, increased warfare

• failure of trade negotiations, anarachy

Which civilization grew papyrus to turn into scrolls?

• Sumer

• Indus

• Egypt

• Yellow River Valley

Anthropologists that study material remains of previous people and cultures are

• historians

• sociologists

• archaeologists

• Australopithecus

What was the Code of Hammurabi

• the world's first religious text

• the worlds first legal code

• the world's first formal letter of complaint

• the world's first calendar

What is one way that indus script is different from cuneiform?

• it is a written language

• it comes from a river valley civilization

• it is undecipherable

• it is an early form of writing

What was an advantage of farming in a river valley?

• floods left fertile sediments in fields

• there was no competition for land

• they rarely flooded

• there was rarely warfare