Pretest

1.  What were the primary occupations of people during the Paleolithic Era?

• a.  Hunters & Gathers
• a.  Toolmakers
• a.  Farmers

1.  What did the Neolithic Revolution bring about?

• a.  Storms
• a.  Drought
• a.  Agriculture

One Way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.

• They no longer were nomads
• Life expectancy was shorter
• They had to move around to new farms

Record Keeping is a _________________.

• Way to communicate
• What DJ's do
• Characteristic of a Civilization

What river valley would have been here?

• China
• Mesopotamia
• Indus
• Egypt

What civilization is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

• Egypt
• China
• Mesopotamia
• Indus

Name the civilization: 
- Nile River
- Hieroglyphics
- Pyramids

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China

How would historians categorize most early religious organizations?

• Monotheistic
• Polytheistic
• Atheistic
• Agnostic

Using the map, what river valley is shaded in purple?

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China

The right of a Chinese Dynasty to rule with the blessings of the Gods is called...?

• The Mandate of Heaven
• The Dynastic Cycle
• The Heavenly Commandments
• The Oracle Bones