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C1.S3 The Beginnings of Civilization
C1.S3 The Beginnings of Civilization
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Chapter 1. Section 3. Beginnings works with Prentice Hall History of the World 2008. pgs. 20-24
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1
A group of people with similar backgrounds, incomes and ways of living is a/an...
social classes.
archaeologist.
farmers.
civilization.
2
The ability to create fire was very important, it allowed hominids to...
migrate to cooler climates.
melt cheese.
farm in hostile areas.
create advanced weapons.
3
The time period during the Stone Age when hominids did not farm, they were hunter-gatherers.
Middle Stone Age
Modern Age of Humans
New Stone Age
Old Stone Age
4
With ample food supplies in cities, some people became artisans. Artisans created...
bridges, off-ramps, highway systems.
None of the choices are correct.
paper and ink pens.
baskets, leather goods, pottery, tools and cloth.
5
Farming was much harder than hunting and gathering, but its rewards were...
All of the choices are correct.
meant a food surplus.
meant food could be stored for use at another time.
meant a steady supply of food.
6
Growing trade links brought new prosperity to cities. This brought about...
farming.
hunting and gathering,
irrigation systems.
social classes.
7
_______ is the period of time before writing was developed.
Prehistory
Domesticate
History
Artisan
8
What is the term that means rich soil, or soil that has substances a plant needs to grow.
livestock
spring
fertile
domesticate
9
While some people began to farm - other people became Pastoral Nomads - meaning they...
farmed in different locations.
raised livestock (animals) and traveled for grazing.
traveled to three places only.
10
A worker who is especially skilled at crafting items by hand is a(an)...
artisan
soldier
king
farmer
11
Trade using merchant ships helped...
spread tools from one society to another.
create tsunamis.
spead new ideas from one society to another.
Both answers are correct.
12
Food surpluses, due to better farming techniques, did not lead to...
the development of cities.
a shorter life span.
rapid population growth.
larger families.
13
What did artisans learn to do in about 3,000 BC?
mix copper and tin to make bronze
melt copper from rock
melt rock
build weapons
14
In cities, Kings were the most powerful. Which other groups were the next most powerful.
artisans and merchants
farmers and slaves
nobels and priests
explorers and builders
15
What is a modern human or member of an earlier group which may have ancestors of modern human?
relative
nomad
social class
hominid
16
Scientists believe modern humans traveled from Asia, into North America, about...
30,000 years ago.
100,000 years ago.
10,000 years ago.
17
For cities to develop they needed...
thick forests and rivers.
a surplus of people and underground transportation.
oil, fire and gravel.
clean water, building supplies and rich soil for farming.
18
Common workers and farmers were the lowest ranked...
educators in the university.
nobelmen.
slaves.
free members of society.
19
Hunter-gatherers are hominoids who survived by...
breeding and taming wild animals.
shopping and collecting food.
hunting and collecting wild plants.
texting.
20
Scientist believe the population in 10,000 BC was 5 million people. In 7,000 BC it grew to...
20 million people.
10 million people.
6 million people.
8 billion people.
21
A synonym of '
surplus
' is
loss
deficit
integrate
abundance
22
A civilization is a society with cities, central government, specialized jobs and ...
social classes
farmers
soldiers
tools
23
What amazing invention took place in about 3,500 BC?
Paper and ink pen.
The wheel and axel.
The steel pan.
Fire was created.
24
Early canals...
helped bring about early communities.
All of the choices are correct.
were built by teams of people.
were used to water plants in dry seasons.
25
When did hominids learn to use fire?
About 3 million to 1 million years ago.
About 300,000 to 2,000 years ago.
About 7 million to 1 million years ago.
About 1.4 million to half a million years ago.
26
Early cities, like Ur and Memphis, were located in all these locations except...
Iraq
Bahamas
Egypt
China
27
Bronze was better than copper for early civilizations because it...
was stonger and more durable
was cheaper and easier to buy
was good for jewlery and stove making
was easy to make and sell
28
Early traders took all but these valuable items:
cloth and baskets.
weapons and spices.
pottery and tools.
steel and iron.
29
People began the domestication of plants when they...
chose only the best tasting and biggest seeds to plant.
started using metals for tools and weapons.
chose the smallest and worst tasting seeds.
made no selection as to what seeds might help them survive.
30
Scientists believe "modern humans" began about...
100 years ago.
100,000 years ago.
1,000 years ago.
10,000 years ago.
31
Cities were different than early towns for several reasons. Which is not a reason?
bus transportation
grain storage buildings
a central government
public buildings
32
Supplying land with water through a network of canals is called...
construction.
artisan.
villages.
irrigation.
33
City governments formed to provide services, settle disputes and to manage...
keep order.
public buildings.
irrigation projects.
All of the choices are correct.
