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World Geography & Origins of Civilization Review

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The region labeled "1" is

a)

North America

b)

Latin America

c)

Western Europe

d)

North Africa

2.

The region labeled "2" is

a)

North America

b)

The Caribbean

c)

Eastern Europe

d)

Oceania

3.

The region labeled "3" is

a)

North America

b)

Latin America

c)

Western Europe

d)

South Asia

4.

The region labeled "4" is

a)

North America

b)

Eastern Europe

c)

Western Europe

d)

The Middle East

5.

The region labeled "5" is

a)

Siberia

b)

Eastern Europe

c)

Central Asia

d)

The Middle East

6.

The region labeled "6" is

a)

Siberia

b)

East Asia

c)

Central Asia

d)

The Middle East

7.

The region labeled "7" is

a)

Siberia

b)

East Asia

c)

Eastern Europe

d)

Central Asia

8.

The region labeled "8" is

a)

North Africa

b)

The Middle East

c)

Eastern Europe

d)

Central Asia

9.

The region labeled "9" is

a)

North Africa

b)

The Middle East

c)

Eastern Europe

d)

Central Asia

10.

The region labeled "10" is

a)

South Asia

b)

The Middle East

c)

East Asia

d)

Central Asia

11.

The region labeled "11" is

a)

South Asia

b)

Siberia

c)

East Asia

d)

Southeast Asia

12.

The region labeled "12" is

a)

Micronesia

b)

Polynesia

c)

Melanesia

d)

East Asia

13.

The region labeled "13" is

a)

West Africa

b)

East Africa

c)

Western Europe

d)

Central Africa

14.

The region labeled "14" is

a)

West Africa

b)

East Africa

c)

Southern Africa

d)

Central Africa

15.

The region labeled "15" is

a)

West Africa

b)

East Africa

c)

Southern Africa

d)

Central Africa

16.

The region labeled "16" is

a)

West Africa

b)

East Africa

c)

Southern Africa

d)

Central Africa

17.

The region labeled "17" is

a)

Southeast Asia

b)

South Asia

c)

East Asia

d)

Oceania

18.

The region labeled "18" is

a)

Southeast Asia

b)

Australia

c)

East Asia

d)

Oceania

19.

The region labeled "19" is

a)

Melanesia

b)

Polynesia

c)

Micronesia

d)

Southeast Asia

20.

The region labeled "20" is

a)

Melanesia

b)

Polynesia

c)

Micronesia

d)

Southeast Asia

21.

The region labeled "21" (which includes 12, 18, 19, and 20) is

a)

Melanesia

b)

Polynesia

c)

Micronesia

d)

Oceania

22.

The period before written historical records

a)

Prehistory

b)

C.E.

c)

Paleolithic Era

d)

Neolithic Era

23.

Draws conclusions about the past by studying artifacts, and primary and secondary sources

a)

Historian

b)

Geographer

c)

Economist

d)

Forensic Scientist

24.

How could Çatalhuyük be described?

a)

It was a Paleolithic village.

b)

It is one of the world's oldest known settlements.

c)

It was located in northern Africa.

d)

It was located in present-day Mexico.

25.
Record keeping was performed by what specialized worker?
a)
merchant
b)
weaver
c)
priest
d)
scribe
26.

A society characterized by cities, job specialization, public works, and complex religion.

a)

empire

b)

culture

c)

civilization

d)

domestication

27.

Which of the following is NOT a basic feature of civilizations?

a)

Cities

b)

Social Classes

c)

Mail System

d)

Art and Architecture

28.

Which of the following is false about "Lucy"?

a)

She was discovered by Donald Johanson in 1974.

b)

She was the first fossil of a Homo sapien found.

c)

She lived over 3 million years ago.

d)

She was discovered in Ethiopia, Africa.

29.

What is the most accepted theory about how the first humans come to the Americas 10,000 years ago?

a)

They built boats and sailed here.

b)

They hiked over the Andes Mountains.

c)

There were no humans in the Americas until 1492.

d)

They crossed the Bering land bridge.

30.

Mary and Louis Leakey are famous for...

a)

uncovering ancient hominid fossils in Olduvai Gorge.

b)

discovering the first city, Catalhuyuk.

c)

excavating King Tut's pyramid.

d)

inventing carbon dating.

31.

The study of people and cultures through their material remains.

a)

anthropology

b)

entimology

c)

archaeology

d)

linguistics

32.

Mary and Louis Leakey's Homo habilis was found

a)

at Olduvai Gorge in East Africa.

b)

in caves in France.

c)

in Asia.

d)

at the Grand Canyon.

33.

The economy of early villages and cites was based mainly on

a)

trade.

b)

farming.

c)

hunting and gathering.

d)

the production of tools.

34.

Early civilizations settled near

a)

mountains.

b)

deserts.

c)

tundras.

d)

rivers.

35.

What factors were MOST responsible for villages developing into cities? Choose 2 answers

a)

a surplus of food.

b)

rapid population growth.

c)

immigration from neighboring regions.

d)

access to fresh water.

36.

Rivers and flooding are helpful to civilizations to grow food by

a)

destroying buildings.

b)

drowning livestock.

c)

adding rich nutrients to create fertile soil.

d)

watering the fields.

37.

First early Homo sapiens were hunter-gathers, next they started farming (agriculture), then they had a surplus of food, finally

a)

animals learned how to speak.

b)

many became vegetarians.

c)

people got lazy and ate too much.

d)

cities grew with large populations of people.

38.

What is an object made by humans?

a)

Artifact

b)

Culture

c)

Environment

d)

Resource

39.

What is a person who moves from place to place without a permanent home called?

a)

Civilzation

b)

Culture

c)

Environment

d)

Nomad

40.

What is the change in the growth of plants or behavior of animals making them useful to humans?

a)

Culture

b)

Animism

c)

Civilzation

d)

Domesticate

41.

What is the belief that the natural world is full of spirits?

a)

Artifact

b)

Animism

c)

Culture

d)

Domesticate

42.

What is the beliefs, customs, practices, & behaviors of a particular group called?

a)

Culture

b)

Nomad

c)

Civilzation

d)

Animism

43.

What is extra supply called?

a)

Economy

b)

Surplus

c)

Nomad

d)

Resource

44.

What's the name of complex society with cities,a well-organized gov't, & specialized jobs?

a)

Civilization

b)

Nomad

c)

Animism

d)

Economy

45.

What continent was most of the ancient humans found?

a)

South America

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

North America

46.

Why did people become farmers?

a)

They were tired of running around chasing their food.

b)

They discovered that planting seeds lead to food.

47.

How did fire help early people? Select all that apply.

a)

Light- to scare off dangerous animals

b)

To cook food

c)

Warmth- They can now live in colder climates

d)

Advanced New Technology

48.

Anthropologists study ---.

a)

how humans behave

b)

how humans interact

c)

where humans come from

d)

how groups of people are different from one another

e)

how genetics have shaped humans

49.

Archaeologists study human life by ---.

a)

examining bones

b)

examining artifacts

c)

studying historical documents

d)

examining DNA

50.

--- is the time before written records.

a)

The Neolithic Era

b)

The Paleolithic Era

c)

Prehistory

d)

Homo Sapien

51.

The first tools were made from ---.

a)

bone

b)

stone

c)

metal

d)

wood

52.

--- are the first known group to bury their dead.

a)

Homo Habilis

b)

Homo Erectus

c)

Homo Sapien

d)

Neanderthals

53.

--- is the belief that animals, trees, rocks, water and weather had spirits.

a)

monotheism

b)

polytheism

c)

animism

d)

buddhism

54.

The Agricultural Revolution marked the shift from hunting to farming which allowed people to settle in one place and eventually create ---.

a)

cities

b)

government

c)

families

d)

nomads

55.

A civilization has -- basic features.

a)

eight

b)

three

c)

five

d)

ten

56.

A major change was made in what to end the Paleolithic Era and begin the Neolithic Era?

a)

Trading

b)

Farming

c)

Hunting

d)

Gathering

57.

Where did the earliest humans live?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

58.

This resource influenced human migration because it allowed them to live in cold places.

a)

Communities

b)

Hide Blankets

c)

Shelter

d)

Fire

59.

Which feature of a civilization allows for a variety of goods and services to be produced?

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Government

c)

Social Classes

d)

Cities

60.

Civilizations appeared in Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley because _______________________.

a)

they were far away from oceans.

b)

they were near rivers and fertile soil.

c)

they were isolated from other regions.

d)

they had the most domesticated animals.

61.

The migration of Homo sapiens started in Africa, then Europe, then Asia, and finally ____________.

a)

America

b)

Europe

c)

Australia

d)

Pacific Islands

62.

The discovery of cave paintings gave what evidence to archaeologists?

a)

early humans created caves

b)

cave paintings are worth a lot of money

c)

caves did not exist until later on

d)

early humans became more complex

63.

TRUE or FALSE: The development of Agriculture led to a change in clothing.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

64.

What are geologists able to tell archaeologists about fossils?

a)

the beliefs of early people

b)

how early people lived

c)

what they were used for

d)

how old they are

65.

a period in which humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plants

a)

cultural diffusion

b)

agricultural revolution

c)

domesticate

66.

the process by which cultures interact and ideas spread from one area to another

a)

secondary source

b)

cultural diffusion

c)

hunter-gatherer

67.

an artifact or piece of writing that WAS created by someone who WITNESSED or LIVED through an historical event

a)

oral tradition

b)

primary source

c)

secondary source

68.

an artifact or writing created AFTER an event by someone who DID NOT live through an historical event

a)

oral tradition

b)

primary source

c)

secondary source

69.
A hominid is...
a)
a bipedal primate (walks on 2 feet)
b)
the predecesor of apes
c)
similar to primates
d)
none of the above
70.

Known as the “handy man”; lived in East Africa 1.4 to 2.5 million years ago

a)

Homo Ergaster

b)

Homo Erectus

c)

Homo Habilis

d)

Hominid

71.

"Upright Man"; First hominid to use fire; might have developed language; First hominid to migrate from Africa; moved to Asia and Europe

a)

Neanderthal

b)

Homo Ergaster

c)

Homo Erectus

d)

Cro-Magnon

72.

"Wise Man"; Species name for modern humans; had larger brain than Homo Erectus...

a)

Homo Ereptus

b)

Human beans

c)

Homo sapiens

d)

Canine Erectus

73.

Early settlements would domesticate goats and pigs for food.

a)

True

b)

False

74.

A religion in which many gods are worshiped

a)

Polytheism

b)

Monotheism

c)

Animism

d)

Nationalism

75.

A political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages; A city that runs itself like a little country

a)

civilization

b)

city-state

c)

empire

d)

village

76.

A wide area that includes many cities and villages, all controlled by one ruler

a)

civilization

b)

city-state

c)

empire

d)

village

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