Global 9 Midterm Review

Which document is considered a primary source?

• Personal correspondence

• A biography

• A modern textbook

• An encyclopedia article

Which feature would most often be shown on a political map?

• Type of climate

• topography

• boundaries between countries

• elevation

“I am lucky enough to have been involved for half a century with work, mostly in East Africa, that very much belongs to everyone, since it concerns the human origins that are common to the whole human race.”

-Mary Leakey, Autobiography

In this quotation, the author is implying that early humans...

• migrated from Africa to Eurasia

• Appeared shortly after the Neolithic Age

• First appeared in Africa

• Invented tools and mastered the use of fire

The principal development during the Neolithic Revolutionary Age was:

• the disappearance of Neanderthals

• the beginning of metallurgy

• domestication of plants and animals

• appearance of craft specialization

The Neolithic Age

• saw the beginnings of urbanization

• saw the process of agriculture carried out without the use of metal tools

• saw a decline in global populations

• produced societies without class distinctions

For fertile soil, Egyptian farmers relied on:

• regular year-round rainfall

• the yearly flooding of the Nile River

• an irrigation network connected to the Tigris-Euphrates

• ancestor worship and the veneration of spirits

Which choice best characterizes the relationship between early civilizations and writing?

• writing permitted record keeping for trade and keeping government records

• writing led to the development of civilization more than sedentary agriculture

• most civilization developed without writing systems

• there is no important relationship between civilization and writing

One of the main innovative ideas of Hammurabi’s Legal Code was that:

• punishment should be gentle

• the lower classes were to have special privileges

• a consistent set of regulations should govern society

• anyone who spoke against the king would be executed

Which important idea is credited to intellectuals of the Gupta Empire?

• Invention of the telescope

• Development of humanity's first written script

• The concept of zero

• Polytheism

Both Hinduism and Buddhism

• supported the caste system

• revered women

• became increasing popular in Italy

• believed in reincarnation