World History Chapter 1

All ancient civilizations, such as Sumer, Egypt, Persia, India, China, Greece, and Rome emerged in:

• Great Plains

• Caves

• River valleys

  
  

• the mountains

The revolutionary change of the Neolithic Revolution allowed humans to

• live in settlements.

  
  

• manufacture bronze

• use fire as a tool

• live in walled fortresses

The Neolithic Revolution refers to a time when early humans

• mastered fire.

• developed agriculture.

• migrated from Africa.

Three of the four earliest civilizations originated on which continent?

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• Australia

The shift from hunting and gathering to farming is called the Neolithic Revolution because it

• coincided with the development of wooden tools.

• changed life dramatically.

• began the process of global warming.

• began a long period of warfare in the Fertile Crescent.

Early humans living during the Old Stone Age most likely

• lived in small groups and moved to new areas as food became scarce.

• settled in permanent villages for common defense.

• were uninterested in art or music.

• worshipped one common god.

What did the Greeks contribute to Western civilization?

• technology, literature, language, and politics

• philosophy, agriculture, art, and law

• philosophy, literature, art, and politics

• culture, literature, bronze working, and politics

Unlike the empires of the Persians and the Chinese, which empire was characterized by small, independent city-states?

• The Greeks

• The Roman Empire

• India

• Egypt

The first Democracy originated in which civilization?

• Sparta

• Persia

• Mesopotamia

• Athens

Which era included the conquest of Alexander the Great and the spread of influential culture such as Greek language, art, and ideas?

• Middle Ages

• Hellenistic Era

• Classical Era

• The Great Peloponnesian War