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Unit 2A Review

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following definition:

"a government where the leader is believed to be divine."

a)

Theocracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Neolithic Revolution

d)

Reincarnation

2.

Match the following definition:

"form of government in which a single individual rules."

a)

Monarchy

b)

Theocracy

c)

Reincarnation

d)

Secondary Sources

3.

What important shift occurred because of the Neolithic Revolution?

a)

shift from food-gathering to food-producing civilization

b)

mass migration of people following game animals

c)

a great flood that wiped a large portion of the population away

d)

the neoliths conquered the cave-men

4.

Why did most early civilizations develop in river valleys?

a)

Rivers provided favorable conditions for agriculture

b)

Travel

c)

They were pretty

d)

For Protection

5.

What were the major benefits for humans in domesticating animals?

(pick two)

a)

Steady food supply

b)

No longer needed to hunt for food

c)

Travel

d)

Plowing land

6.

An increase in food led to and increase in the world's _______.

a)

population

b)

trade

c)

lazyness

d)

obesity

7.
Why did the hunter-gatherers migrate?
a)
to find more resources
b)
to follow the herds of migrating animals
c)
to discover new lands and better food supplies
d)
all of the above
8.
What is a hunter-gatherer?
a)
A human who hunts for their food.
b)
A human who hunts animals and gathers plants.
c)
A human who only travels from place to place.
d)
People who can't read.
9.
How do nomads live?
a)
They settle in one place.
b)
They build villages out of caves.
c)
They travel from place to place depending on the season.
d)
They return to the same place each season.
10.

Which event would most likely have caused early agricultural civilizations to interact with each other?

a)

the expansion of a civilization's territory

b)

the conquest of one people by another

c)

the migration of one people to another location

d)

the outbreak of disease

11.

Which statement best explains why early civilizations were located in large river valleys/

a)

Rivers contributed the resources needed for widespread agriculture to develop.

b)

River valleys provided the natural obstacles needed to protect against conquest.

c)

River valleys had the kind of temperate climate that humans are adapted to the best.

d)

Rivers made it easier for people to travel the long distances needed to trade with others.

12.

Which advances did the most to help sustain the growing human population during the Neolithic Era?

a)

increased scientific knowledge

b)

improved hunting methods

c)

new construction techniques

d)

the development of agriculture

13.

How did early civilizations develop a stable food supply?

a)

gathering

b)

hunting

c)

nomadic lifestyle

d)

agriculture

14.

What type of social structure was common in early civilizations?

a)

People were ranked into social classes based on their religion.

b)

People were ranked into social classes based on the job they did.

c)

People were ranked into social classes based on their use of technology.

d)

People were ranked into social classes based on their culture.

15.

Early civilization established this the help explain the world around them

a)

culture

b)

government

c)

religion

d)

social structure

16.

Specialized workers were possible with the invention of agriculture because:

a)

people had more time on their hands instead of looking for food

b)

farming was super easy to do

c)

farming was done mostly by animals now anyway

d)

farming didn't lead to specialized workers in any way

17.

The reason RECORD KEEPING or writing began is so that officials and traders could keep track of their laws and records of sale.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

_____ formed when people moved near water and were able to grow their own food.

a)

Civilizations

b)

Religions

c)

Social structure

d)

Technology

19.

____________ defined how people acted with each other, e.g. slaves, religions leaders, merchants, farmers, etc.

a)

Government

b)

Writing

c)

Social Structure

d)

Religion

20.

What is the name given to the scale we use to represent different governments?

a)

Liberty-Order Scale

b)

Liberty-Freedom Scale

c)

Freedom and Order Scale

21.

All of the following are characteristics of governments on the left side of the scale EXCEPT

a)

Most Freedom

b)

Most Order

c)

Most in Power

d)

Democracies

22.

Which of the following are characteristics of the state? (Click all that apply)

a)

Body of People

b)

Defined living space

c)

Ruled with territory

d)

Political Organizations

23.

How do we define a nation?

a)

large group of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language inhabiting a particular country or territory

b)

large group of people living multiple places but united by history and langauge

c)

just a group of people living a country together

d)

body of people living in a defined place with the power to make and enforce laws and a government to do this

24.

Why did some people decide to create a state?

a)

People didn't have a choice, they were forced into it only

b)

people saw the benefits of coming together

c)

There was no benefit of coming together

d)

Most peoples decided that it wasn't worth it to come together

25.

Name of the theory for those people who willing came together to form a state

a)

Coercive

b)

Force

c)

voluntaristic

d)

willing state formation

26.

This is a deal between the people and the state in which people give up their natural state (freedom) to an extent to the state in exchange for order, protection, and peace.

a)

Government Contract

b)

Hobbes Contract

c)

Locke's Contract

d)

Social Contract

27.

What is the coercive theory of state formation?

a)

People willingly give up their rights to the government in exchange for protection, order, peace

b)

people willingly decide to join together to create a state

c)

People are forced to join together by one group towards another group to exploit them for labor

d)

People make the decision not to join together because they don't see the benefits

28.

This philosopher believed that a king and a monarchy was the best form of government

a)

Rousseau

b)

Locke

c)

Hobbes

d)

Thomas Jefferson

29.

What type of government would locke think is best?

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Junta

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Monarchy

30.

All of the following are characteristics of governments on the right hand side of the scale EXCEPT?

a)

most order

b)

most freedom

c)

one in power

31.

Which side of the scale would you find Democracies?

a)

Left Side

b)

Middle

c)

Right Side

d)

Can float between all three

32.

What type of governments would you find in the middle of the scale?

a)

Democracies

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Autocracy

d)

Theocracy

33.

Which type of governments are on the right part of the scale?

a)

Democracies

b)

Oligarchies

c)

Autocracy

d)

Theocracy

34.

What type of "government" would you find on the far left of the scale?

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Anarchy

d)

Junta

35.

Which type of government would you find on the far right of the scale?

a)

Anarchy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Junta

d)

Dictatorship

36.

Which of the following would be an example of the type of government you would find in the middle of the scale?

a)

Anarchy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Junta

d)

Dictatorship

37.

Identify the following type of government: This government requires that it's citizens propose and vote on all laws.

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Junta

d)

Theocracy

38.

Identify the government: This type of government is ruled by one person, who makes all the decisions, and citizens live in fear of talking poorly of their leader.

a)

Anarchy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Dictatorship

39.

Identify the government: Citizens elect individuals to serve in a legislative body, which passes laws that all citizens have to follow.

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Junta

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Representative Democracy

40.

Identify the government: This government is led by a small group of military officers, who overthrew the last government.

a)

Anarchy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Junta

41.

Identify the government: This government is ruled by a King, who inherited the throne from his father.

a)

Anarchy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Junta

42.

Identify the government: This country is ruled by God, led by a religious leader.

a)

Theocracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Anarchy

43.

Identify the government: This government is ruled by no one leader, and actually there is no government at all.

a)

Theocracy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Anarchy

44.

What would be an advantage of a direct democracy?

a)

All in power

b)

voting for people to represent you in government

c)

one leader in charge

d)

a small group of people ruling and making decisions

45.

What is the advantage of a dictatorship?

a)

quick to make a decision

b)

all in power

c)

a few in power

d)

potential for a bad leader

46.

What would be an advantage of a representative democracy?

a)

Citizens vote for people to make decisions for them

b)

all are in power

c)

no one is in power

d)

terrible leadership