Rise of River Valley Civilizations

The use of pottery and textiles are related to which characteristic of early civilizations?

• Class structure
• Specialized workers 
• Complex institutions 
• Advanced recordkeeping

The abundant food supplies resulting from agriculture during the Neolithic Revolution contributed to —

• the growth of nomadic tribes
• the decline of urban civilizations
• the rejection of religious practices
• the development of specialized labor

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

• the shift from animism to monotheism
• the shift from monarchy to democracy
• the shift from hunting to farming
• the shift from writing to drawing

In Neolithic societies, food surpluses sometimes required fewer people to work in agriculture. Some of these workers became —

• artisans
• scribes
• outcasts
• nomads

What general effect did the Neolithic Revolution have on religion?

• Religion became less important.
• Religion became less structured.
• Religion became more organized.
• Religion became more controversial.

Which characteristic of civilization later developed into people writing down accounts of historical events?

• worker specialization
• organized religion
• irrigation farming
• record keeping

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 is one change that directly resulted from the development of farming approximately 10,000 years ago?

• t led to the production of stone tools.
• It led to the creation of settled communities.
• It led to the expansion of political rights for women.
• It led to the growth in the number of nomadic groups.

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 of the following was an effect of work specialization during the Neolithic Revolution?

• decline of cities
• domestication of animals
• development of agriculture
• emergence of social classes