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Topic 1 Origins of Civilization Review
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What is one theory about why Stone Age people would paint images of animals?
They had nothing else to paint.
It was the best way to practice their painting.
They thought painting animals will give them power over them during a hunt.
They got bored of painting abstract images.
2
What is the most important part, or the "backbone", of a civilization?
The food surplus.
The toolmakers.
The rulers.
The public works.
3
The radical shift from a hunter-gather society to a farming based society was called the...
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution.
Paleolithic Revolution.
Great Migration.
Mesolithic Farming Shift.
4
What were the most important resources for early civilizations?
Hunters and gatherers
Meat, furs, and bones
Timber and iron
Fertile soil, water, and seeds
5
How might the use of fire have affected human migration?
People could live in places that would have otherwise been too cold.
People could settle in one place where it was easy to keep a fire burning.
People could cook food and scare off dangerous animals.
None of the above.
6
Where did the earliest civilization develop?
Uruk
Sumer
Egypt
Greece
7
Homo Sapiens developed a new skill that would set them apart from the Neanderthals. What was this skill?
Complex language
Fishing
The discovery of fire
Farming
8
Different agriculture began to appear all over the world. Were these areas all growing the same types of foods?
True
False
9
Early hunter-gatherers learned how to make tools out of stone. What is this period of time known as?
The Paleolithic Era
The Jurassic Era
The Mesolithic Era
The Neolithic Era
10
How did humans first make their way into the Americas?
They flew.
They crossed a land bridge that was formed during the last Ice Age.
They drove.
They sailed there on boats.
11
The economy of early cities was based mainly on
hunting and gathering.
the production of tools.
farming and trading.
fishing.
12
What are the two most important signs of a complex culture?
Hunting and gathering
None of the above
Religion and artwork
13
What is the term for the belief that spirits fill the natural world?
Naturalism
Humanism
Animism
Spiritualism
14
What types of decisions would the heads of families in early farming communities have to make?
All of the above.
When to plant and harvest crops.
How to protect the community from outside danger.
What to do with a surplus.
15
Which of the following best describes an economy?
A system used to produce and distribute goods and services
Services produce goods and store them for later use
Hunters, gatherers, and farmers produce everything
Enough goods are produced for a small number of people to survive
16
In what year did Mary and Louis Leakey discover pieces of human-like skulls in East Africa?
1955
1966
1963
1960
17
Which of the following was a big difference between Uruk and the earlier farming villages?
Their farming strategies.
Their religions.
Their fishing techniques.
Their governments.
18
Which of the following describes the "Out of Africa" theory?
Ancient humans migrated out of Asia 7 million years ago
None of the above
Ancient humans migrated out of Africa and then evolved into Homo Sapiens
Ancient humans evolved into Homo Sapiens and then migrated out of Africa
19
Where were the majority of early civilizations located?
In valleys near rivers
None of the above
In deserts
On mountains
20
Which of the following best describes a civilization?
An organization compromised of powerful individuals.
A political community founded for the common good.
A large town.
A complex society with cities, organized government, and specialized jobs.
21
When archaeologists study an excavation site, objects found closer to the surface are
impossible to date with any accuracy.
often as damaged as those found below them.
unlikely to contain radioactive material.
not as old as those found in deeper layers.
22
As farmers improved at their craft, surpluses were created. What happened as a result of a food surplus?
People got lazier.
None of the above.
It became easier to avoid being attacked.
People began to perform specialized jobs.
