1. The Neolithic Revolution refers to the period
a. In which democracy developed
b. That saw the rise of agriculture
c. Before the full development of the Homo Sapiens species
d. Before people learned how to communicate
e. Before people learned to use fire
2. The concept of civilization includes all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Greater social equality
b. Writing systems
c. The development of cities
d. Political units capable of ruling large regions
e. Specialization of labor
3. Which river valley civilization was most completely destroyed by invasion?
a. Huanghe
b. Amazon
c. Indus
d. Nile
e. Tigris-Euphrates
4. All of the following are characteristics of Paleolithic human species EXCEPT
a. The development of simple stone and wooden tools
b. Slow population growth
c. The development of economies based on agriculture
d. The ability to communicate with speech
e. The ability to express themselves artistically
5. The characteristic political organization of the Tigris-Euphrates civilization was
a. Democracy
b. Large, durable empires
c. Village-level government
d. Regional city-states
e. Small, nomadic groups
6. The development of writing
a. Resulted from new technologies, notably the invention of paper.
b. Helps explain why agriculture could develop
c. Was necessary for the development of civilization
d. Facilitated the development of more formal and bureaucratic governments
e. Resulted from the needs of the various river valley civilizations to communicate with one another.
7. As the most influential of the smaller Middle Eastern Regional cultures, the Jewish culture differed from others most in its
a. Monotheism
b. Strong military tradition
c. Large, centralized state
d. Expanding population throughout the Middle East
e. Vigorous sea trade.
8. The agricultural revolution allowed which of the following transformations in human culture:
a. Spread of regularly cultivated fields
b. The development of towns
c. The domestication of animals
d. The specialization of jobs
e. All of the above
9. Given the location and