Due 12.17 Benchmark Review

A group of ten (10) years is a

• decade
• era
• century
• millennium

A group of one hundred (100) years is a

• decade
• era
• century
• millennium

How did agriculture affect population growth in the Neolithic Era?

• The population greatly increased.

• The population greatly decreased.

• There was no change in population.

This refers to the ability of people to do different jobs instead of everyone doing the same thing.

• civilization

• division of labor

• social classes

• cultural diffusion

What is culture? 

• A shared way of life
• The spread of ideas
• a short well known expression 
• a custom prohibiting or restricting a practice 

Refer to the map. Which statement does NOT describe the location of Mesopotamia? 

• in the Fertile Crescent
• along the Nile River
• along the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
• north of the Arabian Desert

Why was Mesopotamia also called the Fertile Crescent?

• It was a crescent cookie
• good water
• had rich soil and was shaped as a crescent
• it was in Iraq

One reason why people domesticated animals was to...

• use them to help with farming

• so the animals would stop chasing them

• they were scared of them

• to help them understand animals better

6.08: Which of the following is an independent city — and sometimes its surrounding land — which has its own government, completely separate from nearby countries

• city-state

• country

• empire

• township

6.08: Which of the following does a surplus of food lead to?

• starvation

• slavery

• division of labor

• war