Standards 6.03 and 6.04 Review

How did these changes impact human society?

• Humans stopped hunting and did not have a need to develop weapons.

• Food surpluses led to the development of larger and more complex civilizations.

• The use of religious rituals stopped since people had a better understanding of nature.

• Territorial fighting stopped since people no longer competed for land or food.

How did the development of farming impact civilization?

• It weakened religious practices as people gained a better understanding of nature.

• It ended the need to hunt for animals for food.

• It caused people to stay in one place and build permanent settlements.

• It ended territorial disputes over land and property.

Why did nomadic humans create permanent settlements and villages?

• Herds hunted by humans went extinct.

• New religions preached against the nomadic lifestyle.

• The domestication of animals made hunting less important.

• The creation of money reduced the value of trade.

What development caused these events?

• the extinction of cattle

• the creation of religion

• the discovery of gold

• the creation of a food surplus

Why did early humans abandon the hunter-gatherer lifestyle?

• Religious leaders commanded societies to settle in permanent villages.

• It was easier for communities to steal from each other than it was to hunt and gather.

• It was safer for communities to create permanent villages and to produce crops.

• Deadly wars created strict borders between communities.

This is a time line of events in the history of early man. Which event completes this time line?

• The first permanent settlements are created.

• Humans migrate into six of the seven continents.

• A second ice age separates civilizations from each other.

• A global flood destroys all human settlements.

Which innovation did the Paleolithic man develop to help control the environment?

• bronze

• fire

• irrigation

• solar power

The domestication of plants and animals was a direct result of what major climatic change?

• the start of the Ice Age

• the formation of the Land Bridge

• the end of the Ice Age

• the breaking of Pangea

This graph shows the change in estimated global population throughout ancient history. Which advancement caused the change in estimated global population seen in this graph?

• the rise of monotheistic religion

• the fall of Egypt and Mesopotamia

• the growth of trans-Saharan trade

• the domestication of plants and animals

According to these notes, how did the Neolithic Revolution lead to the development of permanent settlements?

• A. Humans consistently had to search for food to survive.

• B. Humans domesticated animals which allowed for easier movement from place to place.

• C. Humans learned how to farm which allowed them to settle.

• D. Humans had to farm as well as work other jobs.