Unit 1 Assessment (Fall 2024)

The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most powerfully by which geographical feature in the map above

• The Tigris and Euphrates River

• The Nile River

• The Indus River

• The Huang-He River

What important changes in human life were caused by the Neolithic Revolution?

• Humans began to change from hunting and gathering to farming

• Neolithic people rejected Paleolithic values

• Humans migrated from Asia to the Americas

• The evolution of animistic beliefs among humans developed

Which area of the map is the location of ancient Mesopotamia, where one of the earliest known civilizations formed?

• Mesopotamia

• Indus River Valley

Invention of early tools

Irrigation of cultivation techniques

Domestication of plants and animals

The above list characteristics of the development of agriculture. How did the Neolithic Revolution impact the creation of river valley civilizations?

• Humans were able to carry early tools from location to location

• Humans had to figure out ways to water and plant crops while leading nomadic lives.

• Humans were able to stay in one area for a long period of time due to more permanent agricultural practices.

• River Valley Civilizations were not impacted at all by agriculture.

How did cuneiform developed by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia have an effect on future classical civilizations?

• Humans continued to use images as representations of words or phrases.

• Hieroglyphics, which can be traced to cuneiform, became the main form of communication in classical civilizations.

• Cuneiform inspired other early forms of communication that eventually developed into classical alphabets.

• The alphabet was directly derived from cuneiform.

The image above shows that-

• The Chinese invented the sail boat

• farming societies developed before hunting and gathering societies

• all the continents were settled at the same time

• the wheel was first used in Ancient Mesopotamia

Which of the following characteristics of civilization was a similarity between the ancient civilizations of Egypt and China?

• They both had a democratic government.

• They both believed in one god

• They both had a written form of communication

• They both carried on trade with the Americans.

Theocracy characteristics include: (select 2 answers)

• Based on religion

• Based on Heredity

• No separation of Church and State

• Power is passed down.

The development of which river valley civilization was enable by the human invention of complex sewer systems and running water inside households.

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Indus region

• China

The building of a canal to bring water to farms is an example of-

• domestication

• diaspora

• transference

• irrigation