Semester Assessment

In which of the following locations did the first civilizations develop?

• River Valley

• Fertilizer Crescent

• South Africa

• Neolithic Period

Prehistory means

• Before there was ever any history

• Before written history

• Before we told stories

• Before humans existed

Neolithic means?

• The next stone age

• New Stone Age

• Never been a stone age

• New Paleo Age

During the development of civilization what practices emerged?

• Slash and burn agriculture and industrialization

• Hunting and gathering

• Division of labor, trade and religion

• Gathering and religion

Which allows for the development of urban population and culture?

• Advances in agriculture create a stable food supply , which leads to a SURPLUS of food

• Advances in agriculture lead to cash crop economics

• Advances in chain management bring on better quality workers

• None of the above

What is the next step in the development of

human settlements?

• Civilizations

• Cities

• Towns

• Republics

Select all that relate to a civilization

• Written Language – record keeping necessary (people were able to read and write)

• Few people worked

• Specialization/Division of Labor

• Religion (organized)

Mesopotamia struggles with irregular floods. What technology they used to try to overcome this geographical issue?

• Fertilizers

• Irrigation

• Slash and burn agriculture

• Invasion of other cities to gather food

The hamurabi code...

• brought hope and justice

• unified, created order, and established "justice"

• was the second written code of laws

• 1 and 2 only

In this form of government, the power is held by a small group of nobles

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Centralized power

• Nobility