Unit 1 Global Review

Which characteristic best describes life during the Paleolithic Era?

• Farming and permanent settlements

• Nomadic lifestyle and stone tools

• Complex governments and social classes

• Written laws and organized religion

In the Paleolithic Era, humans survived primarily by

• domesticating plants and animals

• trading with neighboring civilizations

• hunting animals and gathering plants

• writing legal codes

The term “nomadic” refers to people who

• settled permanently in one village

• moved from place to place in search of food

• created surplus food supplies

• wrote the first written laws

Which evidence is most useful to historians studying Paleolithic life?

• Hammurabi’s Code

• Cave paintings from Lascaux, France

• Oracle bones from Shang China

• Cuneiform tablets

One disadvantage of hunting and gathering was that it

• required written records

• created food surpluses

• made food supply unpredictable

• encouraged permanent housing

The Neolithic Revolution is considered a turning point because

• people migrated from Asia into Europe

• humans shifted from nomadic life to farming

• the Industrial Revolution began in England

• humans developed nuclear technology

A direct result of the Neolithic Revolution was

• the disappearance of civilizations

• the development of food surpluses

• the invention of the steam engine

• increased dependence on hunting and gathering

Which term best describes the taming of plants and animals for human use?

• Surplus

• Domestication

• Urbanization

• Irrigation

Which advantage did farming have over hunting and gathering?

• More predictable food supply

• Stronger dependence on climate

• Nomadic lifestyle preserved

• Fewer permanent communities

Which development came after the Neolithic Revolution?

• Use of fire for cooking

• Migration out of Africa

• Growth of permanent settlements

• Hunting and gathering