Review for the Unit #1 Quiz

"I am lucky enough to have been involved for half a century with work, mostly in East Africa, that very much belongs to everyone, since it concerns the human origins that are common to the whole human race."

— Mary Leakey, Autobiography

In this quotation, the author is implying that early humans ____.

• appeared shortly after the Neolithic Age

• invented tools and mastered the use of fire

• migrated from Africa to Eurasia

• first appeared in Africa

Early peoples who moved frequently in search of food needed for survival are called __.

• city dwellers

• union members

• hunters and gatherers

• subsistence farmers

Which was true of food-gathering societies in prehistoric times?

• The population tended to be small.

• Society was highly industrialized.

• The concept of private property was important.

• There was a system of mass production.

Long before the rule of pharaohs, Egyptians grew wheat and barley and raised pigs, goats, sheep and cattle. Spotty evidence had suggested that agriculture was practiced there more than 7,000 years ago, two millenniums earlier than the first royal dynasties ....

– John Noble Wilford, New York Times,

February 12, 2008

What time period does this refer to?

• The Renaissance

• Paleolithic Era

• Industrial Revolution

• Neolithic Revolution

Before towns and cities can develop in a society, the society needs to establish….

• a democratic government

• an educational system

• an agricultural surplus

• a writing system

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. _____________________________

A. Surplus of food

B. Rise of cities

C. Job specialization

D. Development of new technology

• Results of the Fall of Rome

• Effects of the Neolithic Revolution

• Reasons for the Glorious Revolution

• Causes of the Bantu Migration

What is the best title for this diagram?

• Changes during the Neolithic Revolution

• Elements of Belief Systems

• Benefits of the Counter Reformation

• Characteristics of Classical Civilizations