Chapter 2 Test - Origins of Civilization

What is a place called where new ideas and practices first began?

• nomadic community

• cultural hearth

• civilization

• matrilineal clan

How could Catalhoyuk be described?

• Paleolithic village

• one of the world's oldest known settlements

• located in northern Africa

• located in present day Mexico

What happened soon after communities started to thrive?

• people began taming animals

• people began growing crops

• governments were organized

• people began making tools from stone

What climate change led to the growth of cultural hearths in China's river valleys?

• warmer and wetter weather

• a slight cooling of temperatures because an ice age was starting

• wide swings in the weather with periodic droughts

• hot, dry weather

What important new crop did farmers in Oaxaca grow?

• maize

• wheat

• beans

• barley

Where did many of Faiyum's farming practices come from?

• northern Europe

• southwestern Asia

• Mediterranean area

• South America

What are two major building blocks of civilization?

• practicing agriculture and having an organized religion

• domesticating animals and having a matriarchal society

• practicing agriculture and having a matriarchal society

• domesticating animals and an organized religion

What was an important feature of Gobekli Tepe?

• skulls of ancestors were placed under the floors

• Regular offerings for a good harvest were made to the gods

• the structure was hidden in a dense forest

• images of ferocious animals were carved into its pillars

What development in human society came after the ancient cultural hearths?

• toolmaking

• matrilineal clans

• farming villages

• civilizations

What was at the heart of cities in early civilizations?

• people's homes

• trading centers

• temples and other religious buildings

• schools and libraries