Pretest: Early Civilizations & Mesopotamia

Why is geography important to history?

• It helps us predict the future
• It shows us the connections between people, places, and events.
• It tells us when events took place.
• It uncovers artifacts left by early people.

How do archaeologists find out about early peoples?

• They dig to find artifacts
• They go to museums
• They read historical novels
• They study old photographs

Where did the first cities emerge?

• Along the Mediterranean coast
• Along trade routes
• In river valleys
• In the Americas

The people in the Old Stone Age got their food by hunting animals

• And domesticating them
• And farming the land
• And gathering wild plants
• And selling them as meat

In the New Stone Age, for the first time, people began to

• Farm the land
• Gather plants and seeds
• Search for new lands
• Trade with other counties

During the period of prehistory, people developed the ability to

• Hunt alone
• Make tools from iron
• Use fire
• Write

Which of the following resulted from having surplus food during the New Stone Age

• Fewer settlements
• More hunting
• Rapid population growth
• Trade with other countries

Surplus food during the New Stone Age allowed more people to become

• Farmers
• Warriors
• Fishermen
• Artisans

During the New Stone Age, what did farming settlements need to develop into cities?

• A dependable source of water
• A deposit of minerals
• Different kinds of cloth
• Metal tools

In the ancient world, who would have been most likely to help spread new ideas and tools from one civilization to another?

• A farmer
• Trader
• An artisan
• irrigation specialist