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The Neolithic Revolution and River Valley Civilization

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Demographers study population sizes and reasons why it--

a)

changed over time

b)

floods over time

c)

why many companies are based in New YorkCity

2.

Which of the following was considered a benefit of the Neolithic Revolution? (check as many as apply)

a)

Labor specialitization

b)

New technologies

c)

agriculture

d)

Poorer diet

e)

infrastucture

3.

Farmers planted crops and harvested more than enough for their families with the excess food farmers traded this to people with special skills in making items that the farmers needed. This led to a creation of new jobs _______ because different people specialized in different jobs

a)

Complex Society

b)

Social hierarchy

c)

patriarchy

d)

labor specialization

4.

 

During the Paleolithic Era, communities were normally small and were often extended families. These groups were normally made of fewer than 1000 people and were small enough for everyone to know each other and people were normally at least distantly related, so this helped the people in the group feel connected to each other without the need for an organized government to unify them. Having few belongings, they were relatively ________ with everyone having access to the same few items.

a)

Social Hierarchy

b)

Egalitarian Society

c)

Social Inequality

5.

Advances in medicine and infrastructure happened in what time period?

a)

Paleolithic Era

b)

Neolithic Revolution

6.

What technology did Paleolithic people invent? (mark all that apply)

a)

Language

b)

Infrastructure

c)

Tools

d)

Fire

7.

Which of the following were invented during the Neolithic Revolution? (check as many as apply)

a)

agriculture

b)

fire

c)

the plow

d)

wheel

e)

domestication of plants and animals

8.

Which of the following is considered a cost of the Neolithic Revolution (check all that apply)

a)

Agriculture

b)

declining health

c)

pathogens

d)

social inequality

e)

Patriarchy/

Social Hierarchy

9.

Which of the following are characteristics of the Neolithic Revolution (Identify two characteristics)

a)

Nomadic Peoples

b)

domesticated plants and animals

c)

Invented fire

d)

Labor Specialization

10.

Which of the following identifies the two main parts of Geography

a)

Human Geography and Physical Geography

b)

Historian and Geographers

c)

Physical properties and Societies

d)

Compass and Compass Rose

11.

Which date is the earliest?

a)

600 BCE

b)

650 CE

c)

563 BCE

d)

1450 CE

12.

Before Hurricane Katrina moved ashore, schools and businesses were closed in the Miami area. Cruise ships altered their paths due to seaports in southeastern Florida closing.

Determine where physical geography is affecting human geography or human geography is affecting physical geography.

a)

Physical geography is affecting human geography

b)

human geography is affecting physical geography

13.

When Hurricane Rita came ashore a storm surge of up to 18 feet (5.5 m) struck southwestern Louisiana, and coastal parishes experienced extensive damage.

Determine where physical geography is affecting human geography or human geography is affecting physical geography.

a)

Human geography is affecting physical geography

b)

Physical geography is affecting Human geography

14.

Geographers focus on ___________

a)

studying the experiences of humans and how and why the changed over time

b)

understanding different things

c)

analyzing spatial pattern

15.

____________ focus on studying the experiences of humans and how and why the changed over time.

a)

Human Geography

b)

Geographers

c)

Physical Geography

d)

Historians

16.

_______ is the arrangement of natural and artificial features of an area.

a)

Climate

b)

Topography

c)

Weather

d)

Flat Lands

17.

_______ is temperature and weather patterns over long periods of time

a)

Weather

b)

Topography

c)

Climate

d)

Geography

18.

Physical geography is the study of (a)   properties of the earth's surface

19.

What do Geographers study? Choose Three Options

a)

Geographers focus on studying the experiences of humans and how and why the changed over time.

b)

Geographers analyze spatial patterns

c)

Geographers study topography and Climate

d)

Geographers study the interaction between physical and human geography.

20.

Human geography is the study of _____________

a)

how the marine life avoids drift nets to keep from drowining

b)

how mountains are formed

c)

people and societies spread across the earth's surface

d)

how weather patterns change over time

21.

Where did the first civilizations arise

a)

near river valleys

b)

near the mountains

c)

Near seas

d)

along the ocean front

22.

Hunter Gathers were nomadic...

a)

they moved from place to place following food sources and water

b)

they permanently settled near river valleys

23.

The ruler of ancient Egypt was considered a messenger of the gods he was known as the--

a)

scribe

b)

pharaoh

c)

nobleman

d)

mummies

24.

Labor specialization refers to people with--

a)

government homes

b)

rank by society

c)

special skills

d)

religious ideas

25.

These structures and facilities were needed for society to function for example dams. canals, irrigation systems, and sewer systems were a part of the--

a)

architecture

b)

monumental architecture

c)

infrastructure

d)

pyramids

26.

Which of the following is most clearly an example of labor specialization?

 

a)

Mumba planted corn and raise cattle

b)

JaJa grow wheat and weaved clothes

c)

Davidth farmed green beans and corn

d)

Tavish bus all of his food

27.

Because the Paleolithic Era pre-dates the invention of writing, our evidence about how humans lived during this time period comes primarily from--

a)

written records

b)

artifacts and cave paintings.

c)

tax records

d)

public utilities

28.

Demography is the study of--

a)

land sizes

b)

population density

c)

the production of water

d)

process of flooding in the Nile