Neolithic Revolution/river Valler

Question 1

In a traditional economic system which type of goods is most often produced?

Answer 1

Agricultural products (farming and crops)

Question 2

Early people who moved frequently as they searched for food that they needed for survival are called

Answer 2

Nomads

Question 3

The Neolithic revolution was characterized by the

Answer 3

Change from nomadic herding to settled farming

Question 4

Why were rivers considered so important to the development of e first civilization?

Answer 4

They encouraged the invention of agriculture

Question 5

Which characteristic did the early civilizations that developed along the Nile, the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus and the Huang-He (yellow river) has in common

Answer 5

Each societies religious beliefs were based on polytheism

Question 6

Cuneiform and hieroglyphics are similar in that they were both

Answer 6

Written forms of communication

Question 7

Which social scientists study the scarcity of resources and e distribution of goods and services?

Answer 7

Economists

Question 8

Which concept is most closely associated with a map of Asia

Answer 8

Cultural diffusion

Question 9

Planting wheat and barley
Domesticating animals
Establishing permanent homes and villages

At the beginning of the Neolithic revolution, the most direct impact of these developments was on

Answer 9

Diet and shelter

Question 10

What is the main reason the Neolithic revolution is considered a turning point in world history?

Answer 10

Domestication of animals and cultivation of crops led to settled communities

Question 11

If a son struck his father, they shall cut off his hand
If a seignior has destroyed the eye of a member of the aristocracy, they shall destroy his eye; if he has broken another seignoir’s bone, they shall break his bone.
THESE RULES ARE BASED ON

Answer 11

The code of Hammurabi

Question 12

Which practice is closely associated with most ancient river valley civilizations

Answer 12

Using irrigation systems (watering crops)

Question 13

Which source of information is considered a primary source (eyewitness account)

Answer 13

Travel diary of Ibn Batttuta

Question 14

Which social scientist directly engages in the activities:

• keeping field notes from excavation sites
• analyzing radiocarbon dating test results
• examining and cataloging artifacts

Answer 14

Archeologists

Question 15

Which concept best explains why most of the worlds major religions have followers all over the world?

Answer 15

Cultural diffusion

Question 16

Which of the following statements best describes the principle behind Hammurabi’s code?

Answer 16

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

Question 17

The code of Hammurabi was a major achievement for which of the following reasons?

Answer 17

It was the first major collection of written laws

Question 18

In China the development of ethnocentrism was most influenced by

Answer 18

It’s geographic isolation