During the Neolithic Revolution, early humans transformed from hunter-gatherers to the development of

• strategies of war

• agricultural techniques and domestication of animals

• slash and burn methods

• industrial production methods

During the Neolithic Revolution, the evolution of farming technology to increase the food supply included the development of

• ways to control of fire

• stone tools

• brass weapons

• irrigation systems

Early humans are believed to have originated on the continent of ___________.

• Africa

• Europe

• Antarctica

• South America

Based on this map, which concept influenced Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India?

• religious monuments

• cultural diffusion

• development of writing

• law codes

Over thousands of years, Mesopotamian scribes recorded daily events, trade, astronomy, and literature on clay tablets. Cuneiform was used by people throughout the ancient West Asia to write several different languages. This an example of...

• advance cities

• complex institution

• specialized workers

• record keeping

What river is essential to Egypt's survival

• Amazon River

• Nile River

• Yellow River

• Euphrates River

What are the 2 rivers in the Indus River Valley Civilization?

• Nile and Indus

• Ganges and Indus

• Tigris and Ganges

• Huang He and Euphrates

All of the following are physical barriers that made invasion of the Indian subcontinent difficult EXCEPT

• Himalaya Mountains

• Indian Ocean

• Hindu Kush

• Tigris & Euphrates

What natural barrier separated India from China?

• Himalayan Mountains

• Hindu Kush

• Indian Ocean

• Bay of Bengal

Two important civilizations in the Indus River Valley were

• Assyria, Egypt

• Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro

• Sumer, Phoenicia

• Egypt, Mesopotamia