Unit 1 Test Review

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

• a.  Hunters & Gatherers

• a.  Toolmakers
• a.  Farmers

1.  What did the Neolithic Revolution bring about?

• Storms

• Drought

• Agriculture

• Extinction

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

During the Neolithic Revolution...

• People learned to grow food
• People migrated to find food
• People were nomadic

Record Keeping,  Advanced Technology, Complex Institutions, Advanced Cities, and Specialized Workers are all

• Characteristics of Hunting and Gathering Societies
• Characteristics of Civilizations
• Characteristics of Nomadic Tribes

How did the Neolithic Revolution alter the social patterns of humans?

• It led to people becoming nomadic
• It led to the development of major religions
• It led to the creation of settled communities
• It led to greater social equality between male and female

Where did the first civilizations rise?

• On rivers
• Near mountains
• In North America
• Near seas

The taming of animals for personal use?

• domestication
• domination
• animalization 
• petting zoo

The Neolithic Age came before the Paleolithic Age.  

• true
• false

This earliest form of writing was developed in Mesopotamia.

• Hieroglypics

• Cuneiform

• Latin

• English