World History Chapter 1 and 2

Which of these is the most important primary source?

• Artifacts

• Architecture

• Biographies

• Writing

Records that interpret primary sources are known as

• Primary Sources

• Secondary Sources

• Thirdly Sources

• None of the above

What change marked the beginning of the New Stone Age?

• Creation of fire

• The use of tools and animals

• The change from nomadic life to settled farming

• Nomadic tribes settling on the fertile crescent.

A historian uses information from primary sources to draw conclusions.

• True

• False

A secondary source is a good place to find new evidence about a historical topic.

• True

• False

The Neolithic Revolution is...

• When humans began migrating around the world

• When humans discovered fire

• When domestication of plants & animals began

Domestication is...

• Breeding animals/plants for qualities you like

• Migration from Africa to Asia

• Cats & dogs

SOCIAL life changed in the Neolithic Revolution because...

• Surplus of food led to social classes, but before everyone was the same

• Food scarcity forced humans to be in small groups of hunter-gatherers

• Everyone was egalitarian

POLITICAL life changed in the Neolithic Revolution because...

• Kings were at the top of the Social Hierarchy afterward

• Everyone remained equal

• Farming made people sick and die

ECONOMIC life changed because of the Neolithic Revolution because...

• women and men remained equal

• People started to farm instead of hunt & gather

• Women became more powerful than men