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Chapter 1 Early Civilizations Review

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The earliest humans lived...

a)

as herders of sheep and other livestock

b)

by hunting and gathering their food

c)

alone or in pairs

d)

in farming villages along rivers and streams

2.

How did early humans adapt and survive?

a)

Used their reasorces wisely

b)

Invented Tools

c)

Kept animals

d)

Tamed Fire

3.

What were the people in the Paleolithic age called?

a)

Hunters

b)

Berrie Pickers

c)

Farmers

d)

Hunters and Gathers

4.

True of False:

The Paleolithic people were Nomads

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which is not an advancement the paleolithic people made

a)

Tame Fire

b)

Devolped spoken language

c)

Tamed Animals

d)

Used tools to help them

6.

What is one major difference between Paleos and the Neos

a)

The paleos stayed in one place and the neos moved (nomads)

b)

The neos stayed in one place and the paleos moved (nomads)

7.

What did the neos do that was advanced. (Check all that apply)

a)

Began Farming

b)

Tame Fire

c)

Traded

d)

Domesticated Animals

8.

What are the names of the two rivers that would flood regularly in Mesopotamia, thus making the land more fertile for agriculture?

a)

The Nile and the Zambezi

b)

The Congo and the Niger

c)

The Euphrates and the Tigris

d)

The Jordan and the Dead Sea

9.

What is the method of watering crops?

a)

city-state

b)

polytheism

c)

theocracy

d)

irrigation

10.

Why do populations grow in size with irrigation?

a)

Irrigation provides a more stable food supply and thus more food can be grown.

b)

Irrigation systems require large populations for building them in the first place.

11.

How was the government of Sumer organized?

a)

There were many city-states.

b)

There was one monarchy.

c)

There was a dictatorship.

d)

There was an amazing early form of democracy.

12.

What does polytheism mean?

a)

Belief in no God

b)

Belief in one God

c)

Belief in many Gods

13.

What is the writing form that uses web-shaped markings made with reeds?

a)

cuneiform

b)

hieroglyphics

14.

What was the legal code that came out of Mesopotamia that was meant to protect people and their property?

a)

The Code of Hammurabi

b)

The Torah

c)

The New Testament

d)

The Quran

15.

Q1:Much of the earth's water was frozen during the

a)

Aztec

b)

Ice Age

c)

Civilization

d)

Cube Age

16.

What is the drawing a representation of?

a)

Egyptian Hieroglyphics

b)

Mesopotamia Cuneiform

c)

a Phoenician bill of sale

d)

Hebrew writing

17.
To _________________________ a wild animal means to tame them.
a)
Ice Age
b)
Civilizations
c)
Clans
d)
Domesticate
18.
Large communities that have a written language and a government are called ___________________________.
a)
Ice Age
b)
Civilizations
c)
Clans
d)
Domesticate
19.
Name the River Valley Civilization shaded in orange on the map
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
20.
Name the civilization: 
- Tigris and Euphrates
- Cuneiform
- City-States
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
21.

Sumerians used barter to trade for items they needed.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

What is the name of the world's first civilization?

a)

Babylon

b)

Sumer

c)

Ur

d)

Phoenicia

23.

Which of the following are characteristics of civilizations? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

Advanced cities.

b)

Specialized workers.

c)

Record keeping.

d)

Advanced technology.

24.

The Code of Hammurabi is known for its ________ eye for an eye punishments.

a)

harsh

b)

lenient

c)

illegal

25.

The Phoenician Empire is best known for...

a)

monotheism.

b)

mathematics and architecture.

c)

Cuneiform.

d)

its writing system/alphabet.

26.

The ______________ saw early humans move from being nomadic hunter gatherers to becoming farmers.

a)

Scientific Revolution

b)

Enlightenment Revolution

c)

Neolithic Revolution

d)

Sumerian Revolution

27.

Where did the earliest complex human civilization begin because it had the best plants and animals?

a)

the island of Britain

b)

the Rocky Mountains

c)

the Fertile Crescent

d)

the Sahara Desert

28.

Which of the following terms describes the lifestyle of early humans moving from place to place looking for food?

a)

Sedentary

b)

Nomadic

c)

Neolithic

d)

Domestic

29.

What did the major early civilizations have in common when it came to their location?

a)

the were all along the sea coast

b)

they were all in the mountains

c)

they were all in Europe

d)

they were all along rivers

30.

Which King developed an early code of laws that was put up throughout his Empire?

a)

James

b)

Lebron

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Alexander

31.
Having more than is needed is known as a:
a)
surplus
b)
division of labor
c)
bonus
d)
bunch
32.
1. The word Mesopotamia means:
a)
Middle Stone Age
b)
land between the rivers
c)
Asia Minor
d)
Mesolithic Era
33.
What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?
a)
Tigris and Nile
b)
Tigris and Amazon
c)
Tigris and Euphrates
d)
Euphrates and Mississippi
34.
Curved strip of land that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
silt
d)
Babylon
35.
What were the rivers effect on people?
a)
provided fertile soil
b)
killed crops
c)
they were calming 
d)
were pretty to look at
36.
What was the purpose of irrigation?
a)
keep crops dry
b)
to provide water to crops
c)
provide indoor plumbing
d)
give people drinking water
37.
Who was on top of the Mesopotamian social hierarchy?
a)
Priests
b)
Slaves
c)
Kings
d)
Crafters
38.

Social Hierarchy

a)

A social class structure with producers at the bottom and rulers at the top

b)

Areas of the world with lots of movement and interaction among people who lived there but no one outside that zone

c)

The crescent-shaped land which is considered to be where civilization began

d)

Jared Diamond's theory

39.

What is domestication?

a)

Crescent-shaped land where civilization is believed to have begun

b)

The theory that areas with good climate, resources, and location had an advantage in agriculture.

c)

When people adopt different jobs that don't include growing or gathering food

d)

Changing plants and animals genetically to make them more useful

40.
Paleolithic Era 
a)
The first part of the stone age when people started using stone tools
b)
Farming 
c)
An object created by humans to make like easier 
d)
A New Stone Age when people learned to use complex tools and make fire
41.
Neolithic Era 
a)
The years after year 1 on the Christian calendar 
b)
The New Stone Age when people learned to make complex tools and fire
c)
Common Era 
d)
A flat representation of a curved surface 
42.
What is a hunter-gatherer?
a)
an early human who is good at spearing
b)
someone who specializes in berry picking
c)
people that hunt and bring it back to their permanent village
d)
a human being who hunts animals and gathers plants for food, moving to a different location whenever such food becomes scarce
43.

What is domestication?

a)

a monkey call used by early humans

b)

teaching young people to read and write

c)

to cook by fire

d)

to raise and tend to animals and/or plants so they're useful to humans

44.
What is a nomad?
a)
a group or person that has no set home but continually moves from place to place
b)
a spirit that brought good luck to hunters in ancient times
c)
an ancient farmer
d)
an ancient basket weaver
45.
What is technology?
a)
a farming technique used by early humans
b)
computers, printers and smart phones exclusively
c)
people's application of knowledge, tools and inventions to meet their needs - anything that makes life easier
d)
the study of the earliest of humans
46.

What is a primary source?

a)

a climate map of the ancient world created by a modern scientist

b)

an artifact or piece of writing that was created after an event by someone who did not see it or lived through a historical event

c)

an autobiography of someone (writing about themselves)

d)

a novel describing events in the life of an imaginary early human

47.

What is the Fertile Crescent?

a)

A piece of land where nothing would grow

b)

Homo Sapiens chose not to settle here because of the soil

c)

Soil that was found in the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

d)

Refers to areas of fertile soil near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, also known as the first civilization

48.

What is a secondary source?

a)

an artifact or writing created after an event by someone who did not see it or live during the time it occurred

b)

a climate map of the ancient world created by a scientist of that period

c)

an artifact or piece of writing that was created after an event by someone who saw the event happen

d)

an autobiography written to tell about someone's life

49.

The _______ trapped so much water as ice that the sea level was nearly 400 feet lower than it is today.

a)

Beringia

b)

Ice Age

c)

The Paleolithic Age

d)

The Neolithic Age

50.

In the Paleolithic Era, early humans did not settle in one place. They wandered around in small groups. They were called________.

a)

explorers

b)

tribes

c)

barbarians

d)

nomads

51.

The Neolithic period featured people who settled into communities called villages. The Neolithic Revolution introduced:

a)

fire

b)

farming

c)

spears

d)

books

52.

Which word means, "a ranking of people in a society based upon their role, wealth, or job."

a)

government

b)

civilization

c)

social class

53.

Which word means, "land that's good for growing crops."

a)

pyramid

b)

fertile

c)

bronze

54.

Which of these made it possible for early civilizations to form?

a)

extinction of Neanderthals

b)

creation of maps

c)

agricultural revolution

d)

existence of oceans in our world

55.

What is social class?

a)

triangle of culture

b)

ranking of people in a society based upon their role, wealth, or job

56.

What is a metal made from copper and tin?

a)

Brass

b)

Bronze

57.
What event led to the first civilizations?
a)
Development of trade routes
b)
Discovery of gold
c)
Development of Religion
d)
Neolithic Revolution
58.

Tools, jewelry, or other things made by people are called ____.

a)

culture

b)

artifacts

c)

fossils

59.

Which of the following means to tame animals for human use?

a)

Control

b)

Farm

c)

Domesticate

d)

Populate

60.
What led to the first permanent settlements?
a)
agriculture
b)
megaliths
c)
migration
d)
language
61.

The eras of the Stone Age occurred in which order? (from earliest to latest)

a)

Paleolithic --> Neolithic

b)

Neolithic --> Paleolithic

62.

Farmers domesticated animals in this era.

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Neolithic

63.

The Neolithic Revolution is another name for the Agricultural Revolution.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

Living conditions improved and tools advanced in which era?

a)

Neolithic Era

b)

Paleolithic Era