Unit 1 Test Geography Themes, Neolithic Agricultural Revolution, Traits of Civilization, and History Themes

Question 1

We say that an event occured in the year AD 610 also occurred in the

Answer 1

Seventh Century

Question 2

Geography is important to history because

Answer 2

it helps us show the connections between people, places, and events

Question 3

The geography theme of Human-environment interaction focuses on

Answer 3

The impact of Humans on the environment and vice versa

Question 4

What twas the Neolithi Agricultural Revolution

Answer 4

the change from hunting and food-gathering to farming

Question 5

Which of the following changes occurred due to the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution

Answer 5

People established farming villages

Question 6

Which of the following is not a long-term cause of the rise of the River Valley Civilizations ?

Answer 6

Complex governments collected taxes and planned public works projects

Question 7

Which of the following is one of the Traits of Civilizations

Answer 7

Complex Institutions

Question 8

Complex government is part of which of the following Traits of Civilization

Answer 8

Complex institutions

Question 9

In addition to the four traits of civilization listen in question 7 above(Which of the following is one of the Traits of Civilizations) the fifth trait of civilization is

Answer 9

System of Writing

Question 10

The trait of civilization known as “Specialized workers” includes

Answer 10

Job specialization and social classes

Question 11

According to the timeline above, approximately when did the first civilization emerge?

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b 2,000 BC

Question 12

The break in the timeline above means

Answer 12

that the time line is leaving out that time period

Question 13

Power, style of governance, the way a leader gets power, citizen’s right, and law are all aspects of the history theme of

Answer 13

politics

Question 14

human life before and after the development of river valley civilizations included:

Answer 14

job specialization

Question 15

which history theme includes two parts including” (1) the continuing search for new knowledge and (2) the ways in which new knowledge affects people’s lives?

Answer 15

Science and technology

Question 16

The invention of the printing press and the major changes in all aspects of European life that followed would be classified as an examples of which history Theme?

Answer 16

science and Technology

Question 17

The definition of which history theme includes “the ways in which people express themselves”

Answer 17

culture

Question 18

the rule that NDB freshman are allowed to wear their green shirts only on Fridays is an example of which history theme

Answer 18

Politics

Question 19

An election of a President as a way to transfer power is an example of which History Theme?

Answer 19

Politics

Question 20

A trip to Hillsdale Mall for the sole purpose of purchasing goods is an example of which history theme?

Answer 20

Economics

Question 21

Absolute Location

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the description of a particular place by noting the degrees of longitude and latitude of that location

Question 22

Geography

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The study of the Earth and its inhabitants

Question 23

Movement

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the geography theme that deals with the transfer of people, goods, and ideas from one place to another

Question 24

Human Environment Interaction

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The study of human interaction with the land and the land’s impact upon humas

Question 25

Landform

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A single and typical unit that forms part of the overall shape of the Earth’s surface

Question 26

Nomads

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People who moved from place to place as they followed game animals and ripening fruit

Question 27

Gender, the freshman class, your volleyball team, the family that lives next door, and the cast of the tri-school play are all examples of the history theme of

Answer 27

society

Question 28

Geometry, the wheel, and an Ipod are all examples of which history theme?

Answer 28

Science and Technology

Question 29

Polytheism

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belief in more than one god