WorksheetsPeriod 1 Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which of the following have scholars advanced as a possible explanation for the emergence of patriarchy in the First Civilizations?
Participation of women in animal-drawn, plow-based agriculture
Increased role of women outside the home
Decline in birthrates that accompanied civilizations
Emergence of large-scale warfare with professionally led armies
Which of the following provided the primary economic foundation for civilization?
Slavery
Warefare
Writing
Agriculture
The discovery of Indus Valley seals in Mesopotamia suggests that the seals were used
as tribute
in rituals
in trade
in diplomacy
What was one purpose that writing served in the First Civilizations?
To keep track of who paid their taxes to the state
To entertain the elite society
To record folktales
To record migration patterns of animals
Civilizations refers to:
A particular and distinctive type of human society organized into cities and states.
A growth of inequality amongst social groups in early civilizations
Formations of complex institutions
Term to describe the movements of nomadic peoples
The Agricultural Revolution occurred independently in various parts of the world between
12,000 and 4,000 years ago
1700 and 1800
200,000 and 100,000 years ago
1000 BCE
What is another name for the Agricultural Revolution?
First Civilizations
Paleolithic Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
Mesopotamia
In what ways were chiefdoms different from agricultural village societies?
Chiefdoms were permanent settlements based on agriculture
Chiefdoms contained more inequality
Chiefdoms often organized themselves in terms of kinship groups or lineages.
Chiefdoms had organized irrigation systems and controlled trade with neighboring areas organized by temple priests
1- Constructed multistory houses
2- Arose near the Indus River
3- Disappeared for reasons that remind unclear
What role did women play in agricultural village societies?
Women participated in textile work
Women were in charge of hunting.
Women provided education.
Women led rituals.
Why did some areas of the world not experience the Agricultural Revolution?
Some chose not to farm
Terrain was not ideal for farming
Agricultural Revolution affected every area.
Some cultures where to isolated from other societies.
