Chapters 1, 2, and 3 Review

Question 1

Which of the following was NOT an early agricultural settlement?

Accepted Answer

Babylon

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a technology associated with the A.R.?

Accepted Answer

windmills

Question 3

Which of the following crops was the first grain to be domesticated in sub-saharan Africa?

Accepted Answer

Sorghum

Question 4

The Neolithic REvolution occurred first in

Accepted Answer

the Middle East

Question 5

Scholars estimate that the population of humans on the planet around 10,000 years ago was

Accepted Answer

6 million

Question 6

Pastoral societies emerged in ALL of the following regions EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

the Americas

Question 7

Which of the following was the last of the First Civilizations to emerge?

Accepted Answer

the Olmec

Question 8

Which of the following problems caused instability in ancient Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 9

Which of the following animals was NOT independently domesticated in the Fertile Crescent?

Accepted Answer

Donkeys

Question 10

Which of the following regions was settled most recently by human beings?

Accepted Answer

New Zealand

Question 11

Homosapiens first emerged in what region?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 12

All the following were NOT among the pressures to increase food production during the Agr. Rev.

Accepted Answer

competition with other hominids

Questions 12