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WorksheetsUnit 1: Beginnings of History Practice Test
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 56mins
How did the first villages start to develop?
hunting & gathering
water
farming
fire
Because the shift from hunting to farming was so important, historians call it the:
New Stone Age
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
Old Stone Age
Paleolithic Revolution
The New Stone Age is also known as the:
Neolithic Era
Paleolithic Era
Mesolithic Era
Ice Age
A complex society with cities, government, & specialized jobs is known as a(n):
social class
civilization
religion
resource
Which description below best describes a “civilization”?
Large group of people living together in one place in more complex societies with social hierarchies and specialization of labor.
The process by which people change plants and animals over time at a genetic level to increase their productivity or other desired traits.
A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category because of their power, talent, wealth, or other characteristic.
A way of life where a group of people survives from the secondary products of herds. People follow patterns of grazing to keep their herds alive.
River valleys offer societies access to water and fertile soil for highly productive agriculture as well as large mammal and plants suitable for domestication.
True
False
Because of intense farming, civilizations required more people to live in an area, which of the following developed:
Culture
Law
Written Language
All of these
Civilizations in Afro-Eurasia developed around rivers. Which of the following is NOT one of those rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia
The Nile in Egypt
The Indus River in modern India/Pakistan
The Amazon in Brazil
What is social hierarchy?
A rule of conduct or action that is binding and enforced by a controlling authority.
A type of civilization that developed near or around a major river and considered the earliest known large human civilizations.
An order of social classes where people are ranked based on factors like: their jobs, their wealth, how much land they have
A way of organizing people so that certain people live in certain areas of a city
Writing systems and laws developed over time in the exact same way for each society.
True
False
People developed better technology because they needed to solve new problems such as how to farm more efficiently, or how to better fight to defend a city.
True
False
What is cultural diffusion?
The process of different cultures adopted ideas and technology from other cultures over time.
A way of life where a group of people survives from the secondary products of herds. People follow patterns of grazing to keep their herds alive.
Livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasture for their animals.
Worshipping or believing in more than one god.
The ______ is the Jewish holy book.
Torah
Synagogue
Monotheism
What are the 10 Commandments?
Laws and guidelines on how to be a good person
The Jewish Holy Book
A letter God wrote to Abraham
Cultural diffusion is best described as...
sharing music from one culture to another
Cultural margarine
the spreading of religion
the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another
What statement is an example of cultural diffusion?
Venezuela has large reserves of oil
Texas has large amounts of oil
students in China learn Chinese in school
young people dance to rock music in Japan
The exile of the Jewish people from their homeland is called:
The Desperation
The Jewish Exile
The Dispersion
The diaspora
Which characteristic describes the way a civilization expresses themselves?
Organized Religion
System of Tribute
Art
Economy & Job Specialization
Ancient civilizations had complex labor systems with each person performing a specific task or job.
Writing System
Central Government
Job Specialization
Religion
Virtually all ancient cities built large walls to defend their cities from aggressive neighbors.
Central Government
Religion
Public Works
Writing System
Which of the following shows evidence of a Stable Food Supply?
Hanging Gardens
Many gods with human personalities
Taxes
An irrigation system with canals and levees
Which of the following shows evidence of a government in Sumer?
Clay tablets with cuneiform
Technology such as the plow
Images of a king collecting taxes
Ziggurats
Which of the following is NOT a necessary characteristic of a civilization?
Religion
Writing
Education
Government
The priests were near the top of the social structure. What does this show about the people of ancient Sumer?
They cared about the priests, but not the king.
The people had no interest in religion.
Religion was an important part of their lives.
The people believed in only one god.
Establish rules and laws to protect the people of the civilization.
Government
Trade
Infrastructure
Arts
In the Shang Dynasty, inscriptions were carved into oracle bones for diviners to read. Which characteristic does this demonstrate?
social structure
stable food supply
written language
technology
In ancient Greece, temples were built as homes for gods and goddesses. Which characteristic does this demonstrate?
government
religion
stable food supply
arts and entertainment
In 450 BCE, 12 bronze tablets were used to record Roman laws. Which characteristic does this demonstrate?
government
religion
stable food supply
arts and entertainment
Establish rules and laws to protect the people of the civilization.
Government
Trade
Infrastructure
Arts
Having more food than you need
trade
written language and learning
art
surplus of food
The Neolithic Revolution is...
When humans began migrating around the world
When humans discovered fire
When domestication of plants & animals began
Domestication is...
Breeding animals/plants for qualities you like
Migration from Africa to Asia
Cats & dogs
SOCIAL life changed in the Neolithic Revolution because...
Surplus of food led to social classes, but before everyone was the same
Food scarcity forced humans to be in small groups of hunter-gatherers
Everyone was egalitarian
POLITICAL life changed in the Neolithic Revolution because...
Kings were at the top of the Social Hierarchy afterward
Everyone remained equal
Farming made people sick and die
PATRIARCHY is
Men have all the power
Egalitarian/equal
Who run the world? Girls!
PASTORALISM is
Hunter-gatherers- they follow animals to hunt & gather food
Farmers- they stay in one place to harvest agriculture
Herders- they move their cattle or sheeps from place to place to graze
