WorksheetsDE 2.2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What are the three basic needs for survival mentioned in the text?
Food, water, and employment
Food, water, and shelter
Community, laws, and trade
Art, religion, and government
According to the text, what lifestyle did most hunter-gatherers lead to handle the scarcity of resources?
A settled lifestyle in one place
A nomadic lifestyle, moving from place to place
An isolated lifestyle, living completely alone
A city-based lifestyle in large communities
Economists use the term 'productive resources' to describe resources used to meet wants and needs. What are the three types of productive resources listed?
Food, clothing, and shelter
Scarcity, supply, and demand
Land, labor, and capital
Barter, trade, and markets
The development of agriculture involved producing crops and what other key practice?
Developing codified laws
Building large temples
Creating complex art
Raising livestock (domesticating animals)
What was a primary result of developing a stable food supply through agriculture?
People began to live a more nomadic lifestyle.
It required more land than hunting and gathering.
Larger groups of people could settle in one place.
It led to smaller family sizes.
What is the definition of 'specialization of labor'?
Everyone in the community performs the same job.
Different individuals are responsible for different jobs.
Leaders are responsible for organizing all the labor.
Unpaid laborers perform most of the work.
In economics, what is an 'opportunity cost'?
The price of goods when they are in high demand.
Something you give up to pursue another opportunity.
The total value of all goods traded in a market.
The resources needed to start a new settlement.
The specialization of labor was a new characteristic of civilization that led to the creation of what social structure?
Cultural diffusion
Social hierarchy
A central government
Independent city-states
Which of the following is typically at the top of the social hierarchy in early civilizations?
Artisans and merchants
Educated community members
Civil and religious leaders
Unpaid laborers, such as farmers
According to the text, what is one of the main characteristics of a city?
Small populations and non-agricultural labor
Large populations and specialized labor
A location far from any water source
Complete independence from surrounding farms
What was a primary responsibility of rulers in early Mesopotamian and Egyptian societies?
Creating small, decorative pieces of pottery
Ensuring every person had the same social status
Organizing labor for large projects like temples and irrigation.
Preventing trade with all foreign governments
The text defines 'culture' as:
The system of government that rules a city-state.
The beliefs, behaviors, and knowledge passed from one generation to another.
The large-scale agricultural systems in river valleys.
The total amount of goods produced by artisans.
What factor most affected the initial design of architecture in early civilizations?
The social status of the city's leaders
The popularity of certain art forms
Geography, resources, and weather
The need for religious temples
Why did early civilizations often develop organized religion?
To help explain difficulties and hardships like bad weather or illness
To provide a reason to create codified laws
To standardize the process of trade between cities
To create jobs for priests and priestesses
Besides recording trade transactions and laws, what was another important role of written language?
To ensure that social classes remained rigid
To pass on traditions and stories to future generations
To prevent farmers from moving to new settlements
To limit the power of religious leaders
Many of the earliest civilizations arose around what type of geographical feature?
Mountains
Deserts
Oceans
Rivers
Besides providing fertile soil, what was another benefit of rivers for early civilizations?
They acted as barriers against invading armies.
They provided a source of freshwater and transportation.
They guaranteed a dry climate perfect for storing grain.
They prevented cultural diffusion between civilizations.
What is 'cultural diffusion'?
The process of building large irrigation systems
The spreading of culture from one civilization to another
The establishment of a rigid social hierarchy
The complete isolation of one civilization from others
Which two activities caused civilizations to interact and share aspects of their cultures?
Farming and building
Writing and hunting
War and trade
Religion and art
According to the document, interactions between civilizations allowed knowledge to grow more quickly than if they had remained what?
Small
Independent
Agricultural
Isolated
