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Prehistory to Civilization
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Review of Prehistory: Paleolithic, Neolithic, beginnings of Civilization
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Worship of many gods
Monotheistic
Animism
Christianity
Polytheistic
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First human like creatures, walked upright, traced back to 4.4 million years ago
Cro-Magnon
Ninjas
Hominids
Neanderthals
3
Where did the first cities emerge
in river valleys
along the Mediterranean coast
along trade routes
in the America's
4
Earliest period of human history
Modern Age
Jurassic Age
Space Age
Paleolithic Age
5
Complex societies with advanced knowledge of farming, trade, government, and art are
cooperatives
civilizations
cultures
agricultural villages
6
Drawings that represent words
Pictograms
Demotic
Calligraphy
Alphabet
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People who move from place to place are called
Nomads
Warriors
Nobles
Scribes
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Which of the following is a Neolithic advancement
use of stone tools
creation of calenders
first use of fire
ritual burials
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The period of time before people invented writing is called
archaeology
geography
prehistory
technology
10
Bronze became a favored material for tools and weapons because
Less expensive than copper and tin
Flint supplies diminished
It could be given a tough sharp edge
Artisans found it difficult to shape
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Which of the following statements does not describe life in the Old Stone Age
Paleolithic people lived in small groups
Paleolithic people were dependent on the environment
Paleolithic people grew crops and lived in one place
Paleolithic people followed game animals
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Why was the Neolithic Revolution important to history?
It helped to establish nomadic tribes across the world
It contributed to the establishment of civilization
It caused the outbreak of epidemic diseases
It brought about the outbreak of many wars
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Which of the following aided cultural diffusion among ancient people?
trade
Farming
New technology
Poor leaders
14
People who specialized in jobs and became skilled craft workers were known as
nobles
artisans
peasant farmers
priests
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Which of the following was another characteristic of the Paleolithic Age
farming villages
Domestication of animals
Hunting and gathering
Organized government
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Which of the following caused ancient civilizations to change
contact with other people through trade, and migration.
lack of traditions
poor leaders
nomadic herders
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Taming animals for food and other needs
Neutering
House breaking
Domesticating
Spading
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Which is a characteristic of the old stone age?
toolmaking
written language
farming
organized government
19
People who are trained to read and write
Laborers
Nobles
Farmers
Scribes
20
Historians are like archaeologists in that they both study how people lived by examining
regions
longitude and latitude
artifacts
plants and animals
21
New Stone Age
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Revolution
Geography
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Which was a key feature of early civilizations
social equality
steelmaking
cities
a system of exchanging goods for money
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Process by which people become more proficient at earning a living by performing a single task
diffusion of culture
specialization of labor
domestication
surplus agricultural production
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The agricultural lifestyle led to the development of all of the following except
cooperative hunting groups
the calender
land boundaries
rules of inheritance
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What part of the world did the first hominids come from?
Africa
North and South America
Asia and Australia
Europe
