What moved humans from a primarily hunting and gathering society to an agricultural one?

The Start of the Neolithic Revolution

Which of these is false?

Mesopotamia had regular, predictable flooding patterns

Which sentence best summarizes how the Neolithic revolution changed the lives of people?

People could produce food and settle in one place.

Which change to human societies did NOT result from the Neolithic Revolution?

People began using bone and stone tools.

Early river civilizations faced many environmental challenges, EXCEPT:

Soil near riverbeds that was unsuitable for farming

What happened to the role of women after the introduction of agriculture?

Maintained a good position from gathering experience

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Semester 1 WHAP: Neolithic Revolution and Early RVCs

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1
Which civilization created the artifact shown?
Mesoamerica
Xia
Egypt
Mesopotamia
2
What moved humans from a primarily hunting and gathering society to an agricultural one?
The Start of the Neolithic Revolution
Nomadic Tribes gaining dominance
End of the last Ice Age
Animals taking over the plains
3
Which of these is false?
Egyptians thought river gods were some of the most important
Mesopotamians hated their river gods and thought them evil
Egypt loved their river gods and wished for annual floods
Mesopotamia had regular, predictable flooding patterns
4
Which of these regions DID NOT independently develop agriculture?
East Asia
Nile River Valley
Mesoamerica
South West Asia
5
Which of the following was not an early RVC?
Huang He
Charvin
Amazon
Olmec
6
When was the end of the Bronze age and the beginning of the Iron age?
1400 CE
4000 BCE
500 BCE
1200 BCE
7
In contrast to Egyptian pharaohs, the rulers of Sumer were considered to be:
Trivial
Polytheistic
Military leaders
God-kings
8
Which of the following is paired incorrectly?
Mesopotamia; Wheat and Barley
Charvin; Potatos
North China; Rice
Mesoamerica; Maize
9
The concept that is best represented by the image is:
Example of stateless society
Some place in Asia
Neolithic Revolution
Bronze Age
10
Which sentence best summarizes how the Neolithic revolution changed the lives of people?
People could create obsidian products and art.
People had more leisure time.
People could trade with people from other cultures.
People could produce food and settle in one place.
11
Which of the following RVCs was identified by their long-standing empire?
Mesopotamia
Olmec
Huang He
Egypt
12
What was the main idea in the Code of Hammurabi?
An eye for an eye.
Justice at all costs.
Forgive and forget.
Punish fairly, but humanely.
13
Which change to human societies did NOT result from the Neolithic Revolution?
Advanced cities began growing along rivers and deltas.
The population began growing much faster.
Specialized workers began to produce more complex products
People began using bone and stone tools.
14
The Indus river was an important ______ in which civilization?
Celebration Center; Charvin
Burial site; Charvin
Trade Route; Harapan
Defense Barrier; Harapan
15
Early river civilizations faced many environmental challenges, EXCEPT:
Rivers that sometimes changed course
Too much or too little rains from monsoon winds
Rivers that flooded unpredictably.
Soil near riverbeds that was unsuitable for farming
16
When was the earliest instance of sedentary agriculture?
35,000BCE
8,000CE
10,000BCE
4,000BCE
17
What happened to the role of women after the introduction of agriculture?
Maintained a good position from gathering experience
Lowered slightly because thought killing was gross
Lessened because couldn't do heavy work
Became dominant because of knowledge of plants
18
The sculpture of this priest would be found in...
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mesoamerica
Charvin
Egypt
19
Which best defines the type of government Ancient Egypt had?
Monarchy
Democracy
Autocracy
Theocracy
20
Which of the following had the smoothest transition from RVC to classical civilization?
Aztec
Huang He
Olmec
Harrapan

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