Quiz 3b - Neolithic Revolution

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• Planting wheat and barley
• Domesticating animals
• Establishing permanent homes and villages

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

	religion and government
	transportation and trade
	diet and shelter
	climate and topography

2 Subsistence farming can best be defined as

	harvesting a surplus of crops to be sold for profit
	producing just enough food for a family’s survival
	domesticating animals to transport goods
	irrigating crops to increase production

3 Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

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• Centralized governments
• Organized religions
• Social Classes
• Specialization of labor

	Economic Development in Ancient Egypt
	Cultural Diffusion in Mohenjo-Daro
	Features of the Old Stone Age
	Characteristics of Civilizations

4 Which Neolithic Revolution development led to the other three?

	complex civilizations
	surplus of food
	division of labor
	domestication of plants and animal

5 The Neolithic Revolution is considered a turning point in history because it

	influenced climatic changes
	included the domestication of plants and animals
	encouraged a nomadic lifestyle
	caused a decline in population

6 A direct result of the Neolithic Revolution is that people

	began living in permanent settlements
	developed a nomadic way of life
	depended on hunting and gathering
	used crop rotation to increase agricultural output

7 The early civilizations of the Nile River Valley, Mesopotamia, and the Yellow River Valley were similar because they were

	industrialized societies
	monotheistic
	dependent on fertile land
	dependent on each other for trade

8 “If a seignior (noble) has knocked out the tooth of a seignior of his own rank, they shall knock out his tooth. But if he has knocked out a commoner’s tooth, he shall pay one-third mina of silver.” -Code of Hammurabi

Which idea of Babylonian society does this portion of the Hammurabi code of law reflect?

	all men were equal under the law
	fines were preferable to corporal punishment
	divisions existed between social classes
	violence was always punished with violence

9 The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt were similar in that both cultures

	developed along rivers
	used the ziggurat form for their temples
	established trade routes to China
	used a hieroglyphic writing system

10 One way in which the civilizations of the Sumerians, the Phoenicians, and the Maya were similar is that each

	developed extensive writing systems
	emphasized equality in education
	established monotheistic religions
	encouraged democratic participation in government