Foundations of Civilization

What does Paleolithic mean?

• New Stone

• Old Stone

• New World

• Old World

People in the Paleolithic Era were:

• Hunters and Farmers

• Farmers

• Hunters and Gatherers

• Gatherers

What is the Neolithic Revolution?

• Humans switched from farming to hunting and gathering

• Humans switched from hunting and gathering to farming

• Humans switched from bronze tools to stone tools

• Humans switched from settled societies to nomadic societies

What is one of the results of the Neolithic Revolution?

• People created simple clothing

• People became nomadic

• People created stone tools

• People created settlements

What does Neolithic mean?

• Old Stone

• New Stone

• Bright Stone

• Big Stone

Check off the correct choices: Which are characteristics of early civilizations?

• Complex Instutions

• Specialized Workers

• Record Keeping - Writing

• Advanced cities along rivers

• Advanced Technology

What are the two rivers that define the area of Mesopotamia?

• Euphrates and Huang He

• Nile and the Tigris

• Huang He and the Nile

• Tigris and Euphrates

Where is the fertile crescent?

• Mesopotamia and Egypt

• Mesopotamia and India

• India and China

• India and Egypt

Why are the areas where the River Valley Civilizations developed called the "Cradle of Civilization"?

• It is where humans first appeared

• It is where stone tools first appeared

• It is where civilizations developed

• It is where humans first began hunting and gathering

What is a City-State?

• An area where a ruler rules more than one city

• An area where a ruler only rules that city and the surrounding countryside

• A centralized government that rules over more than one city

• An area where a ruler controls multiple civilizations