Early Civilization Quiz

Question 1

Diamond argues that all great civilizations have _________, __________ and___________.

Answer 1

technology, large populations, and an organized labor force

Question 2

Around 11,500 years ago, people living in Dhra build homes, granaries and domesticated crops - as they learned to control nature the were becoming ___________.

Answer 2

Farmers

Question 3

Despite the advantages that the Fertile Crescent provided, 1,000 years after the emergence of civilization in this area, villages were abandoned because the _______ had been destroyed.

Answer 3

earth/area/environment

Question 4

Diamond argues that the real reason some cultures are so far advanced beyond others is the _______ if those cultures, rather than differences in human intelligence.

Answer 4

geography

Question 5

Diamond argues that technological advances spread much easier from

Answer 5

East to West

Question 6

Diamond argues that another advantage enjoyed by Europeans was that long-time exposure to domesticated animals helped them develop ________ to many diseases.

Answer 6

Immunity

Question 7

Our textbook suggests that the origins of the human race can be traced back to the continent of _________.

Answer 7

Africa (East)

Question 8

Homo Habilis started making simple stone________

Answer 8

tools/weapons

Question 9

Paleolithinc people thought people, plant and animals had spirits, and idea called ________.

Answer 9

animism

Question 10

Our textbook states that the most importamt change in human history was the Agricultural _________.

Answer 10

Revolution

Question 11

Jared Diamond has spent the last thirty years investigating why the world became so _________.

Answer 11

unequal

Question 12

Intentional crop planting developed first in an area called the Fertile _______.

Answer 12

Crescent

Question 13

An economic system based on herding flocks of animals is referred to as _______.

Answer 13

Patoralization