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The term for when people started staying in one place to grow crops and domesticate animals:
systematic agriculture
Agricultural Revolution
specialization
Paleolithic
2
How were early farmers different from hunter-gatherers?
Early farmers usually lived in small bands of 20 – 30 people.
Early farmers domesticated some animals for human use.
Early farmers often changed their physical location.
Early farmers ate all the grains that they collected.
3
Systematic agriculture gave people time to invent things such as tools, pottery, art, and metal work. This is known as
economics
job specialization
individualism
architecture
4
Which of the following means tools people use to make their lives easier?
technology
specialization
economy
irrigation
5
Neolithic people were nomads.
False
True
6
People who move from place to place in order to survive.
early humans
Paleolithic
Neolithic
nomads
7
Why was the discovery of bronze an important breakthrough at the end of the Neolithic Age?
Bronze was more attractive than copper.
Bronze was more abundant than copper.
Bronze was stronger than copper.
Bronze was more affordable than copper.
8
Increased populations and bigger communities were a result of
nomads and their magical, expandable tents.
metallurgy and the creation of utensils.
food surpluses from systematic agriculture.
people being poor and not having enough to eat.
9
Which of the following is a 10-year period of time?
millennium
decade
century
era
10
Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth were the ______ Ages.
Stone
Bronze
Golden
Ice
11
The Neolithic population increased hugely because of
domesticated animals
the development of architecture
metallurgy
the food surpluses
12
Which of the following is an artifact?
petrified tree branch
spear point made of stone
footprint of a chimpanzee
fossilized skull of a hominid
13
Why was writing an important feature of early civilizations?
Writing allowed people to expand their territory.
Writing allowed people to grow better crops.
Writing allowed people to keep records and preserve stories.
Writing allowed people to expand their population.
14
What evidence supports the idea that an early culture was becoming a civilization?
spoken language
copper weapons
small population
stone tools
15
The process of growing food on a regular basis is called _______________.
nomads
Agricultural Revolution
domestication
Systematic Agriculture
16
How were early farmers different from hunter-gatherers?
Early farmers lived in small bands of 20 – 30 people.
Early farmers often changed their physical location.
Early farmers domesticated some animals for human use.
Early farmers ate all the grains that they collected.
17
The food surpluses from systematic agriculture led to increased populations and bigger communities.
False
True
18
Why was the discovery of bronze an important breakthrough at the end of the Neolithic Age?
Bronze was more affordable than copper.
Bronze was more abundant than copper.
Bronze was stronger than copper.
Bronze was more attractive than copper.
19
Paleolithic humans domesticated animals.
False
True
20
Which of the following is TRUE?
The hunter-gatherers domesticated animals.
The Neolithic humans were nomadic.
The hunter-gatherers relied on farming.
Both Paleolithic and Neolithic humans hunted animals.
21
Why were civilizations able to develop a division of labor?
Improved agricultural techniques led to food surpluses.
Populations grew in size, and new jobs had to be created.
Development of written language led to better education.
Territory expanded, and people were needed to join the army.
22
Once humans had enough food, people could do things other than farming. What is this called?
job specialization
technology
systematic agriculture
economy
23
Paleolithic humans lived in farming communities.
True
False
24
Systematic agriculture was the MAIN reason for the large population growth during the Neolithic Era.
True
False
25
How did the creation of basic tools lead to advances in agriculture?
The types of tools affected where people could settle.
Civilizations could be conquered with weapons.
Smaller/more refined tools could be made using basic tools.
Hunting became easier through the use of tools.
26
Which statement is TRUE?
An artifact is not a reliable source because it has no text describing it.
Secondary sources are not reliable because they author wasn't there.
Primary sources are rarely useful to historians.
Historians use primary sources to illustrate a culture's way of life.
27
Secondary sources are not reliable on their own because their creator did not experience the time or event firsthand.
True
False
28
What is an artifact?
an object made by a human being
a fact about art
a fossilized bone
something drawn really well
29
A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic is called...
an epoch
a millenium
a century
an era
30
How did the lifestyles of Paleolithic humans compare with those of settlers of early agricultural communities?
Both groups lived in permanent villages and domesticated animals.
Both groups hunted animals, but one group farmed.
Both groups domesticated animals, but one group was nomadic.
Both groups lived in permanent villages and hunted.
31
Metallurgy, the study of metals, was important to the rise of civilization because it allowed people to
make tools and weapons.
make cool jewelry
build walls.
build roads.
32
Why was the agricultural revolution significant in human history?
We began living as nomads and traveled to better climates.
We began farming/were not dependent on hunting and gathering.
We learned to work together to kill large animals.
We lived in smaller groups and depended less on others.
33
Early civilizations were able to grow crops and have food surpluses due to advances in
irrigation
agriculture
fire
domesticating animals
34
Which of the following is a
primary
source?
a speech by a person
a textbook chapter about a person
a movie about the life of a person
a biography about a person
35
Which of the following is a secondary source?
an autobiography
information written after an event
a speech
actual words from an eyewitness
36
How many years are there between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 1500?
3000
1500
6000
4500
37
Which of the traits of a complex civilization led to using metals to make tools?
record keeping
improved technologies
creation of cities
complex institutions
