WorksheetsWorld HIstory Exam 1 Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 24mins
Which BEST explains the rise of the first river valley civilizations?
Climate changes suddenly made hunting more plentiful
The introduction of farming led to a surplus of crops in flood plains with fertile soil
Stone Age peoples learned how to make fires and tools of stone, wood, and bone
A. New ideas were introduced to Mesopotamia and Egypt through trade
Which geographic characteristic most influenced where the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt developed?
They appeared on plateaus, which provided flat areas to build towns and cities
They developed in deserts, which offered easy construction of roadways
They began in steep mountains, which offered protections from foreign invaders
They arose in river valleys, which offered mild climates and fertile soil
Which civilization was responsible for developing a 12 month calendar, wheel, sailboat, and 1st known writing system?
Indus River Valley
Egypt
Mesopotamia
China
The need for people to live together in communities during the Neolithic Revolution led to –
The rise of more organized governments
A greater variety of nomadic lifestyles
Widespread declines in population
A general belief in one God
Early civilizations emerged as early as 7,000 years ago. What was one characteristic of these early civilizations?
A belief in one god
An ability to produce a surplus of food through agriculture
Dependence on hunting and gathering to meet subsistence needs
The use of paper currency for trade with neighboring peoples
During the Neolithic Revolution, farmers in Mesopotamia and Egypt created a basic calendar to keep track of when to plant and harvest their crops. They also made simple tools, such as plows, to whelp with their work. Various types of weaponry also emerged as people living in villages had to protect their valuable resources.
What important changes does this author argue follow the Neolithic Revolution?
The introduction of agriculture allowed humans to move away from permanent settlements
Families no longer needed to cooperate with others to obtain enough food
New technologies developed after people established permanent settlements
Major occupations changed from agriculture to the hunting and gathering of food
What does polytheistic mean?
Believe in multiple gods
Controlled by religious leaders
"Between two rivers"
King or Queen
*The domestication of plants and animals
*The use of stone tools
*___________________________
Which advance best completes the list?
What feature developed as farmers developed a surplus, fewer people were required for agriculture, and more time was available for development of skills?
social classes
public works
job specialization
Prehistoric people were ________ ,moving from place to place in search of food and water.
nomads
hunters
cavemen
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
What ancient civilization developed around the Yellow River (Huang He river)?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
What change marked the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution?
beginning of hunting and gathering
man learned to write
beginning of sedentary farming and the domestication of animals
man built towns and cities
Oracle Bones were used by .......
Mesopotamians
Shang Civilization
Ancient Egypt
Indus Valley Civilization
Demotic Script was ine of the 2 forms of writing used by
Ancient Egyptians
Mesopotamians
Shang Civilization
Indus Valley Civilization
Latitude lines on a map run.
Side to side
Up and Down
Why didn't the Shang Civilization have much contact with the other river civilizations?
language barriers
they had nothing to trade
geographic isolation
they were too warlike
If you are a hunter gatherer, what is your only job
care for children
work the fields
build housing
search for food
When a round globe is made in to a flat map the images on it are stretched or shrunk, what is this called
map distortion
map projection
periodization
millennia
What type of historians must we rely on to find information about pre-history?
egyptologists
reenactors
archeologists
curators
