Quiz Ancient Civilizations 3

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1 Which Neolithic Revolution development led to the other three?

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

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 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

4 Where does the archaeological evidence gathered by Louis and Mary Leakey suggest the earliest humans developed?

	Great Rift Valley
	Amazon rain forest
	Himalaya Mountains
	Philippine archipelago

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 Early peoples who moved frequently as they searched for the food they needed for survival are called

	hunters and gatherers
	village dwellers
	subsistence farmers
	guild members

7 Before towns and cities can develop in a society, the society needs to establish

	an educational system
	an agricultural surplus
	a writing system
	a democratic government

8 Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. _____________________________

A. Surplus of food

B. Rise of cities

C. Job specialization

D. Development of new technology

	Results of the Fall of Rome
	Effects of the Neolithic Revolution
	Reasons for the Puritan Revolution
	Causes of the Bantu Migration

9 Which factor led to the development of civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia?

	political harmony
	favorable geography
	religious differences
	universal education

10 *If a man has destroyed the eye of a free man, his own eye shall be destroyed.

• If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out.

These rules are based on the

	Analects of Confucius
	Code of Hammurabi
	Ten Commandments
	Koran (Qur’an)

11 Hammurabi’s Code, the Ten Commandments, and the Twelve Tables were all significant to their societies because they established

	democratic governments
	official religions
	rules of behavior
	economic systems

12 The Code of Hammurabi and the Twelve Tables were designed to

	create a stable society
	promote peaceful relations with other cultures
	provide a framework for the development of democracy
	emphasize the importance of life after death

13 The Neolithic Revolution was characterized by the

	change from nomadic herding to settled farming
	growth of iron toolmaking technology
	immigration of early peoples to the Americas
	decline of large empires