World History Unit 1 Study Guide

What is a country?

• A country is a nation with its own government occupying a specific territory

• A country is a region with a distinct culture and language.
• A country is a group of people living in a specific area.
• A country is a landmass surrounded by water.

What is a continent?

• A continent is a man-made structure on land.
• A continent is one of the large, main continuous landmasses on Earth.

• A continent is a type of weather phenomenon.
• A continent is a small island in the ocean.

What is an ocean?

• A vast expanse of fresh water
• A large expanse of sea that covers most of the Earth's surface.

• A small body of saltwater
• A large body of land

What is a river?

• A river is a large body of saltwater.
• A river is a man-made canal.
• A river is a type of tree.
• A river is a natural stream of water flowing into another body of water

What is a hunter-gatherer or forager?

• A hunter-gatherer or forager moves from place to place to find food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants for sustenance.

• A hunter-gatherer or forager is a person who relies on farming for sustenance.
• A hunter-gatherer or forager is a person who relies solely on gathering wild plants for sustenance.
• A hunter-gatherer or forager is a person who relies solely on hunting for sustenance.

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

• Transition from agriculture to hunting and gathering.
• Transition from settlement to hunting and gathering.
• Transition from agriculture to nomadic lifestyle.
• Discovery of and transition to farming and agriculture

What did the Neolithic Revolution allow early humans to do?

• Hunt and gather food.
• Invent electricity

• Fly to the moon.

• Settle and build permanent settlements, specialize jobs

What was a benefit of farming?

• Not having enough food.

• Following wild animals.

• Control over food supply and food surplus

• Less free time.

The Tigris River and Euphrates River are in what civilization?

• China

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Indus Valley

Cuneiform was the written language of which civilization?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Aztec

• Olmec