World History Unit #1

How were women treated in Ancient China?

• They were able to be leaders of the dynasty.

• The were treated as inferior to men.

• They were able to have private property

Which of the following was true about how women were treated in Ancient Egypt?

• They were treated as inferior to men

• They could become pharaoh

Early humans and citizens of river valley civilizations believed in what?

• Monotheist

• Polytheist

• Christianity

• One God

Which of the following is the correct order of humans and history, starting with the older?

• Beginning of Agriculture, River Valley Civilizations, Hunting and Gathering, First humans on Earth

• First humans on Earth, Hunting and Gathering, Beginning of Agriculture, and River Valley Civilizations

• First humans on Earth, Beginning of Agriculture, River Valley Civilizations, and Hunting and Gathering

In early human history what caused a rise in population?

• Organized religion

• Rise or urban cities

• Neolithic Agricultural Revolution (going from hunting and gathering to farming)

• decrease in job specialization

• Lived in small groups (30-50 people)

• Hunted animals and gathered natural plants. 

• Non-permanent housing

• Limited private property

What time period does these characteristics describe?

• Neolithic Era
• Industrial Revolution
• Medieval Times
• Paleolithic Era

• Domesticated animals

• Agriculture

• Polished tools

• Beginning of Pottery

• What time period does these characteristics describe?

• Paleolithic Era
• Mesolithic Era
• Neolithic Era
• Bronze Age

What was the driving force behind early humans having the ability to go from a hunting and gathering 

      society to an agricultural society?

• New technology

• Elimination of local food sources

• Environmental Changes (warming of the earth)

• The creation of written language

Where did the earliest civilizations tend to develop?

• In deserts
• On top of mountains
• In river valleys
• In polar regions

 In what continent did early human societies begin?

• Asia
• Africa
• Europe
• Australia