I. True/False: 9. The Hunter-Gathered Way of Life Made It Impossible For People To Live

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Some of the key takeaways from the document include the emergence of agriculture and settled communities leading to the development of early civilizations along major river valleys like the Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, and Nile rivers. Important philosophical traditions also emerged in ancient China, India, and the Mediterranean world.

Some of the earliest developments in human civilization included the adoption of agriculture and settled communities during the Neolithic Revolution around 10,000 BCE, as well as the emergence of the first civilizations along rivers like the Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, and Nile.

Ancient river valley civilizations tended to develop similar characteristics, including centralized governments, social hierarchies, division of labor, systems of irrigation, standardized systems of writing, and permanent settlements supported by agriculture.

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I. True/False

1. The first part of the Stone Age is also called the Paleolithic Era.

2. Permanent settlements were built when people began to raise crop and animals.

3. One people adopted agriculture the world population shrank because agriculture provided a less
reliable food supply than did hunting and gathering.

4. Early humans hunted animals and gathered wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts and may have even
scavenged to survive.

5. An artifact is a bone that has turned into rock.

6. Early agriculture societies can best be described as nomadic.

II. Multiple-choice

7. Why did Louis Leakey name the hominid remains he had found Homo habilis, or “handy man”?

 A. because this hominid learned to control fire


 B. because this hominid learned to make and use crude tools
 C. because this hominid developed language
 D. because this hominid developed the work-for-wages system

8. Homo sapiens means

 A. southern ape
 B. modern man
 C. upright man
 D. wise man

9. The hunter-gathered way of life made it impossible for people to live

 A. in groups
 B. in cold climates
 C. without a written language
 D. in permanent dwellings

10. The Neolithic Revolution refers to a time when early humans

 A. mastered fire
 B. developed agriculture
 C. began to organize government
 D. migrated from Africa

11. Which of the following best defines the word “sedentary” ?

 A. a moving regularly from place


 B. farming
 C. staying in one place regularly
 D. eating animals

12. what is the term used to describe the process by which species (of plant or animal) changes over
time to adapt to their environment through natural selection?

 A. Evolution
 B. History
 C. Devolution
 D. Neolithic Revolution

13. Scholar think early people might have believed in life after death because

 A. surviving cave art shows the dead being reborn


 B. they did not bury their dead
 C. surviving carved figurines from the period seem to be of angels
 D. they put food and object in graves

14. Which of the following was one way that the lives of people in agriculture societies changed ?

 A. People now had to spend all of their time producing food


 B. Gender divisions became more blurred since everyone took part in agriculture
 C. People could now spend time doing activities other than food production
 D. Agriculture societies were more peaceful than nomadic societies had been

15. The shift from hunting and gathering to farming is called the Neolithic Revolution because it

 A. coincided with the development of wooden tools


 B. changed life dramatically
 C. began the process of global warming
 D. began a long period of warfare in the Fertile Crescent .

16. From what continent did early humans migrate?

 A. Asia
 B. Europe
 C. Australia
 D. Africa

17. All of the earliest civilizations developed near which of the following geographic feature?

 A. mountains
 B. rivers
 C. deserts
 D. peninsulas

18. three of the four earliest civilizations originated on which continent ?

 A. Europe
 B. Africa
 C. Asia
 D. Australia

19. What led to the emergence of more defined social ranking ?

 A. the growth of settled communities


 B. the adoption of a nomadic lifestyle
 C. the emergence of Neanderthals
 D. migration to the Americas

20. Where did the world’s first civilizations arise ?

 A. In sub-Saharan Africa
 B. In North America
 C. In sparsely populated areas
 D. Along fertile river valleys

21. The term Neolithic Revolution refers to ……

 A. advances in art and science


 B. shift from food gathering to food producing
 C. revolt of Neolithic people against earlier civilizations of the discovery of fire
 D. using new kind of stones in productions of tools

22. When different people perform different jobs, it is known as ……

 A. cultural diffusion
 B. division of labor
 C. advanced technological skills
 D. product surplus

23. Pre-historic times ended with the development of

 A. written language
 B. irrigation systems
 C. agriculture
 D. speech

24. Scholars date the existence of human creatures of the modern type (Homo sapience sapience) to
about ……

 A. 5,500 years ago


 B. 10,000 years ago
 C. 40,000 years ago
 D. 4,4 million years ago

25. Complex societies with advanced knowledge of faming, trade, government, and art are called

 A. cultures
 B. cooperatives
 C. civilizations
 D. agriculture villages

26. What types of evidence historians use to learn about the development of Pre-history ?

 A. ancient burial
 B. all these
 C. tools
 D. pictures

27. What are the modern humans called ?

 A. Homo erectus
 B. Cro-Magnon
 C. Humanoid
 D. Homo sapiens sapience

28. What was the Neolithic Age ?

 A. New copper age


 B. Old Copper age
 C. New stone age
 D. old stone age

29. what was it that allowed the transition from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age ?

 A. Industrial revolution
 B. American revolution
 C. Greco-Persian war
 D. Agriculture revolution

30. What does Pre-history mean ?

 A. the time before time


 B. the period before writing
 C. the time before the Christian Era
 D. previous history

31. Why was Mesopotamia such a good area for growing crops ?

 A. The rivers flooded and deposited rich soil


 B. The land was covered with heavy vegetation
 C. The area did not have any agriculture pests
 D. the rivers flooded, making it easier for planters to pull out weeds that might harm crops

32. How did the Sumerians solve the problem of flooding ?

 A. They built terraces on the mountains


 B. They drug irrigation ditches and built levees
 C. They rotated farming with nomadic herding
 D. they diverted the flow of the rivers into other areas

33. What tools did the Mesopotamians use for writing ?

 A. a large, feather pen that they dipped in ink


 B. a darkened reed that they dipped into a mixture of charcoal and water
 C. a wedge-sharpened piece of reed, called a stylus used clay tablets
 D. a slender piece of woof that they dipped into colorful dyes

34. The wedge-shaped system of writing in Mesopotamia was named ……

 A. Hieroglyphics
 B. Cuneiform
 C. Sanskrit
 D. None of these

35. The system of laws in Mesopotamia was implemented by ……

 A. king Xerxes the Great


 B. King Cyrus the Great
 C. King Hammurabi
 D. None of the above

36. What purpose was the ziggurats built for ?

 A. For government purposes


 B. They were built as homes for wealthy people
 C. They were built as temples for gods
 D. They served as the main area in the market places

37. Who was Sargon the Great ?

 A. High Priest of Babylon


 B. Scholar in Sumer
 C. One of the gods in Mesopotamia
 D. King, who established the Empire of Akkad and conquered all of Southern Mesopotamia

38. The economy of Mesopotamia was based largely on ?

 A. Artistic gadgets sold at markets


 B. Exotic jewels
 C. Livestock
 D. Farming and trade

39. Why is Mesopotamia referred to as the Fertile Crescent ?

 A. because of the dimensions of the land


 B. because the are was known for its rich farmlands
 C. because the region was so densely populated
 D. none of the above
40. In which present-day country is Mesopotamia located ?

 A. Iraq
 B. Iran
 C. Palestine
 D. Lebanon

41. Also known as Menes, this man Unified Upper and Lower Egypt to form the Old Kingdom

 A. Ramses II
 B. Piye
 C. Narmer
 D. King Tut

42. The Nile River’s flooding could be described as _______.

 A. Cataclysmic
 B. Gentle and dependable
 C. Destructive
 D. Rare

43. A collection of spells and prayers to guide dead Egyptians through the after-life was called ______.

 A. The Book of Secrets


 B. The Scrolls of Life
 C. The Bible
 D. The Book of the Dead

44. This word means “belief in just one god “

 A. Monotheism
 B. Polytheism
 C. Singlegodism
 D. Hieroglyphics

45. This word means “belief in many gods “

 A. Monotheism
 B. Polytheism
 C. Singlegodism
 D. Hieroglyphics

46. Why was the Rosetta Stone so important ?

 A. it contained a detailed history of the Middle Kingdom


 B. it contained the same message in 3 languages allowing us to decipher (figure out)
hieroglyphics
 C. it was a stone copy of the Book of the Dead
 D. it smelled like roses
47. Which of the following best describes the meaning of a dynasty ?

 A. a single country controlling many countries at once


 B. Rapids that keep boats from traveling up the Nile
 C. a sequence (series) of rulers from the same family, may be known as a “house “
 D. World’s largest desert, located east of Egypt

48. Which of the following best describes the meaning of an embalming in Egypt ?

 A. Process of reading of “the book of the dead” in front of the deceased


 B. process done to preserve a body with the help of fragrant substances-balms and wrapping in
linen cloth strips
 C. The process done to preserve a body through holding it in a formalin bath
 D. The process done to preserve a body through keeping it in with a very long …

49. Where was Ancient Egypt located ?

 A. Northeast Africa
 B. Southern Europe
 C. Eastern Asia
 D. Central America

50. Archaeologists have found two large, well-planned Indus Valley cities-Harappa and ………

 A. Mohenjo-Daro
 B. Sudra
 C. Brahmaputra
 D. Ganges

51. The economy of the Indus civilization was based on

 A. shipbuilding
 B. only agriculture
 C. warfare and tribute
 D. agriculture and trade

52. Where was the Harrapan civilization located ? (in that time frame)

 A. the banks of the Ganges River


 B. the banks of the Indus river
 C. the banks of the Brahmaputra River
 D. the banks of the Sutledge River

53. Where was the Harrapan civilization located ? (in modern day )

 A. Pakistan
 B. Afghanistan
 C. Turkestan
 D. Hindustan
54. What were the 3 major city-states of the Indus ?

 A. Eridu – Uruk – Nippur


 B. Harappa – Mohenjo-Daro – Kalibangan
 C. Memphis – Thebes – Giza
 D. Accad - Babylon – Nineveh

55. How were Harappan cities organized ?

 A. using the principle of radial construction


 B. using the principle of unplanned construction
 C. using the principle of grid system construction
 D. using the fan-shaped construction principle

56. Confucius responded to the chaos in China during the late Zhou period by

 A. withdrawing from the world and becoming a monk


 B. teaching that people should respect one another through traditional manners and rituals
 C. teaching about the dynastic cycle to encourage people to rise up against corrupt rulers
 D. encouraging people to retreat from the laws of society

57. Mountains, hills, and deserts helped the Chinese to thrive because

 A. they provided varied ecosystem for a wide variety of plants and animals
 B. these features protected China from invasion
 C. the dangers located there taught the Chinese how to be great warriors
 D. these features encourages the Chinese to become expert hunter-gatherers

58. Hindus believe that the soul is released from the body at death and later reborn in another body in
a process called

 A. Multiplication
 B. Karma
 C. Moksha
 D. Reincarnation

59. The Four Noble Truths teach that

 A. everyone suffers from the desire for material things, but overcoming these desires will bring
suffering to an end
 B. special techniques can be used to harness spiritual energy and achieve nirvana in a single
lifetime
 C. harming animals in any way is morally wrong
 D. all people must respect the elder members of their family and care for children with loving
kindness

60. The first civilization in China occurred along the river by the name of

 A. The yellow river


 B. the Yangtze river
 C. the black dragon river
 D. the pearly river

61. What was the main political principle of Shang and Zhou dynasties ?

 A. Mandate of people
 B. Mandate of Heaven
 C. Mandate of Gods
 D. Mandate of Nature

62. Which of the following statements expresses the Daoist ideal ?

 A. people can achieve peace by living in the present but not in the past
 B. Government can only keep the peace by threat of force and or violence
 C. people are not always what they seem to be
 D. people can only achieve peace by withdrawing from the world

63. Which of the following represents a different between Hinduism and Buddhism ?

 A. Reincarnation
 B. Karma
 C. Dharma
 D. Caste system

EARLY GREECE

I. multiple-choice

1. The Mycenaeans borrowed their art styles, pottery design, and writing from …..

 A. Dorians
 B. Spartans
 C. Trojans
 D. Minoans

2. Which of these cities had military culture ?

 A. Argos
 B. Thebes
 C. Sparta
 D. Athens

3. Which of these poleis had girl’ school education ?

 A. Argos
 B. Thebes
 C. Sparta
 D. Athens

4. In Sparta, the slave population was called …….

 A. Athenians
 B. Foreigners
 C. Helots
 D. Slaves

5. What was the form of government in Early Greece where the citizens made the decisions ?

 A. Oligarchy
 B. Tyranny
 C. Democracy
 D. Ochlocracy

6. Who was the writer of the classic Greek epic poems of “lliad” and “Odyssey” ?

 A. Homer
 B. Hesiod
 C. Cleisthenes
 D. Dragon

7. Which ancient epic describes the events of the Trojan War ?

 A. “The lliad”
 B. “the Epic of Gilgamesh”
 C. “Mahabharata”
 D. “Beowulf”

8. What was the first capital of Ancient Egypt ?

 A. Thebes
 B. Per-Ramses
 C. Akhetaten
 D. Memphis

9. The hieroglyphic writing of Ancient Egypt was deciphered by

 A. Napoleon
 B. Pharaoh Tutankhamun
 C. Jean Francois Champollion
 D. The hieroglyphic writing of Ancient Egypt was never deciphered

10. An oppressed caste in india was

 A. Brahmans
 B. Sudras
 C. Vaishyas
 D. Kshatriyas
11. What philosophical system in ancient China became the leading state ideology of this country ?

 A. Daocism
 B. Confucianism
 C. Legalism
 D. Mohism

12. The Book of the Dead is ….

 A. a collection of prescriptions for how to mummify the body of the dead


 B. a collection of stories and anecdotes about the ghosts
 C. certificate informing about demographic losses in ancient Egypt during the Intermediate
periods.
 D. a collection of spells and prayers to guide dead Egyptians through the after-life

13. What is the main principle of periodization of the Ancient Chinese history ?

 A. 12-year lunar cycle


 B. Biological cycle
 C. Cultural cycle
 D. Dynasty cycle

14. who was considered to be the “father of Athenian democracy” ?

 A. Homer
 B. Hesiod
 C. Cleisthenes
 D. Dragon

15. Citizens from Athens, Sparta, Thebes and other city states worked together to defeat the invading
of ….

 A. Chinese
 B. Egyptians
 C. Aryans
 D. Persians

16. What was a public market or meeting place in Early Greece called ?

 A. Acropolis
 B. Agora
 C. Grocery store
 D. Coliseum

17. Alexander the Great’s Empire stretched from …..

 A. Egypt to China
 B. Macedonia to Russia
 C. Greece to India
 D. Mesopotamia to Europe

18. The goal of Alexander the Great was to ….

 A. To help Persians
 B. To rule the known world
 C. Rebuild Athens after the Hellenistic Age
 D. Spread Minoan culture

19. The first part of the Stone Age is also called ……

 A. The Neolithic Era


 B. The Mesolithic Era
 C. The Paleolithic Era
 D. The Chalcolithic Era

20. Permanent settlements were built when people began ……

 A. to raise crops and animals


 B. to use and control fire
 C. to produce primitive tools
 D. to migrate from Africa to other continents

21. Once people adopted agriculture the world population …..

 A. shrank because agriculture provided a less reliable food supply than did hunting and
gathering.
 B. increased because agriculture provided a much more reliable food supply than did hunting
and gathering.
 C. the population has ceased its reproduction because of lack of food.
 D. None of these.

22. Primary sources (historical evidence) are ….

 A. bones that have turned into rock


 B. the tools made with the help of the modern technologies with the purpose to imitate the
ancient models
 C. original materials that have not been altered or distorted in any way.
 D. None of the above.

23. What form of political democracy was developed in Ancient Greece ?

 A. a form of political power that is not considered as the power of the people, but as a system of
government, which is carried out by the ruling elite.
 B. representative democracy.
 C. direct democracy.
 D. None of them.

24. What were the three major city-states of the Indus ?


 A. Eridu – Uruk – Nippur
 B. Memphis – Thebes – Giza
 C. Accad – Babylon – Nineveh
 D. Harappa – Mohenjo-Daro – Kalibangan.

25. In Sparta a rectangular mass military formation usually composed of heavy infantry was named

 A. Chariotry
 B. Mercenary squad
 C. Military garrison
 D. Phanlanx

26. What was the most important geographic feature that influenced Ancient Greek civilization ?

 A. River
 B. sea
 C. mountains
 D. Steppes

27. What is the name of the Spartan king who, together with his detachment of 300 people, gave
battle to the Persian army at the Thermopylae pass in 480 BC ?

 A. Leonidas
 B. Lycurgus
 C. Pericles
 D. Cleisthenes

28. What was the hallmark of the Ancient Egypt civilization ?

 A. innovations, ideas of progress, changes


 B. stability, orientation on unchangeable values and institution of the past
 C. evolution, the idea of natural selection
 D. regression, ideas of decadence, destruction of the achieved result

29. What is the name of the great epic poem of Ancient Mesopotamia ?

 A. “The lliad”
 B. “The Odyssey”
 C. “The epic of Gilgamesh”
 D. “The Mahabharata”

30. Which of the Seven wonders of the World created by people during the period of ancient
history has survived to this day ?

 A. Statue of Zeus
 B. Gardens of Babylon In Mesopotamia
 C. Pyramid of Cheops
 D. Temple of Artemis
II. Sentences

1. Where and who designed the first written Code of Laws in the world history?

Vua Hamurabi - Lưỡng hà

2. What was the main historical reason for the Neolithic revolution of the 10th century BCE ?

Sự phát triển của nông nghiệp và nghề thủ công và sự từ bỏ của lối sống du mục

3. What was the most important geographical factor in the development of the Greco-Roman classic
world ?

Biển Địa Trung Hải

4. What was the most unique characteristic feature of the civilization of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?

là nền văn minh đầu tiên, nơi lần đầu tiên trong lịch sử thế giới 2000 năm trước khi người La Mã thực
hiện hệ thống nước chảy và hệ thống thoát nước

5. What is the name of the great Chinese Philosopher who developed his concept of a strong empire
on the basic of an idea of a state as a big family, hierarchy and respect to ancient traditions ?

-Confucius = Khổng Tử

6. What great philosopher of the East was the founder of the first in the history world religion ?

Buddha(Thích-ca Mâu-ni)

7. Explain the meaning of the word “Monotheism”

Thờ một thần duy nhất

8. What type of ancient civilization belong to ? What was the name of a river the first civilization in
China occurred along ?

The river-valley civilizations of the Ancient past. Yellow river

9. What is the original meaning of the word “Democracy” ? Who was considered to be the “father of
Athenian democracy” ?

The power of people. Cleisthenes

10. Give the definition of the historical term “Division of labor”

Mỗi người một việc khác nhau đéo thằng nào giống thằng nào

11. What kind of civilization appears as a result of fusion of Ancient Greek and Eastern civilizations ?

Hellenistic period ( Thời kỳ hy lạp hóa )

12. How did Sumerians solve the problem of flooding ?

Đào mương thủy lợi và xây dựng kênh mương


13. What type of ancient civilizations did Sumer civilization belong to ? What was the name of the
rivers, which nourished the first civilization in Mesopotamia ?

The river-valley civilizations of the Ancient past. Tigris and Euphrates rivers

14. Explain the meaning of the term “Homo habilis” or “handy man”

Học cách chế tạo và sử dụng các công cụ thô sơ

15. Who was the designer of the classic Greek epic poems of “lliad” and “Odyssey”

Homer

16. Give the definition of the historical term “Division of labor”

Mỗi người một việc

17. What kind of civilization appears as a result of fusion of Ancient Greek and Eastern civilizations ?

Hellenistic period ( Thời kỳ hy lạp hóa )

18. Explain the meaning of the term “sedentary”

Means staying in one place regularly

19. What was the main historical meaning of the Neolithic revolution of the 10th century BCE ?

Sự phát triển của nông nghiệp và nghề thủ công và sự từ bỏ của lối sống du mục

20. What is the name of the ancient people of Mesopotamia, with which the emergence of civilization
and writing in the form of cuneiform is associated ?

Sumerian people.

21.What were the main philosophical teachings of Ancient China ?

Nho giáo, Đạo giáo, Phật giáo.

22. What was the name of the river on the banks of which the first Indian civilization of Harappa
appeared ?

Indus river (sông Ấn)

23. What was the main inventions of the ancient Egyptians ?

Pyramid, irrigation, writing, calender, papyrus sheets, black ink, mumification, …..

24. What was the most important geographical factor in the development of the Greco-Roman classic
world ?

……sea…….?

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