Unit 2 Test- Part 1

Sumeria, Assyria, Akkadia, and Babylonia are all examples of

• Early Mesopotamian civilizations

• Early Egyptian civilizations

• Early Sub-Saharan civilizations

• Early Asian civilizations

How is the development of agriculture linked to the development of civilizations in river valleys?

• River valley settlements provided needed protection for residents.

• Agriculture required rich soils such as are found in river valleys

• River valleys had always been the location of human activities.

• Agricultural development required trading for economies to survive.

Which statement gives the best reason why the first civilizations developed along rivers?

• Stones found along rivers were made into hunting tools.

• Homes built along rivers were better protected from enemy attack.

• Rivers enabled hunters to travel farther by boat.

• Rivers allowed farmers to irrigate their crops.

Which early development allowed people the ability to keep records and also express themselves creatively?

• a writing system

• a harvest calendar

• a library collection

• a government structure

Which of the following was an effect of the Neolithic Revolution?

• Nomadic hunters

• Settled communities

• Social equality

• Smaller families

-Cities

-Specialization of workers

-Government

-Laws

The characteristics listed above describe --

• a civilization

• a university

• a union

• none of the above

In which area of the map is the Nile River located?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following correctly completes the chart?

• Serfs

• Trade

• Empires

• Religions

Which of the following factors eventually led military commanders to take the place of priests as full-time rulers of the Sumerian city-states?

• an increase in the number of wars

• an increase in the practice of monotheism

• a series of floods that devastated the river valley

• a series of earthquakes that destroyed the ziggurats

What lifestyle change during the Neolithic Revolution contributed to the development of cities, governments, and trade?

• the shift from writing to drawing

• the shift from hunting to farming

• the shift from monarchy to democracy

• the shift from animism to monotheism