Name: _________________________________________________ World History I - Chapter 1 Test **Mark all answers on the answer sheet

I. Matching Match each term with the correct statement below. a. b. c. d. e. f.

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Archaeology Artifact City-state Cultural diffusion New Stone Age Technology

g. geography h. glacier i. nomad j. Old Stone Age k. polytheistic l. artisans

The study of people, their environments, and the resources available to them. There are five themes. The study of the ways of life of early peoples through the examination of their physical remains Object made by people. The earliest period of human history. Person who moves from place to place in search of food. A huge sheet of ice. A political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding land. The spread of ideas, customs, and technology from one people to another. The skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs. The belief in many gods. Skilled craftworkers who made pottery or finely carved or woven goods. This occurred when people began to giveu p nomadic life and settle down to farm.

II. Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best answers each question.
13. Why is geography important to history? a. It helps us predict the future b. It shows us the connections between people, places, and events c. It tells us when events took place. d. It uncovers artifacts left by early people. 14. How do archaeologists find out about early people? a. They read historical novels. c. They study old photographs. b. They did to find artifacts. d. They go to museums. 15. Which of the following is the job of a historian? a. to analyze rocks. c. to study written evidence about the past. b. to track down criminals. d. to study geology 16. Which of the following was a characteristic of the Old Stone Age? a. farming c. tool-making b. written language d. organized government 17. Which of the following beliefs was probably helf by Stone Age people? a. The world is round c. People are evil by nature b. There was only one god. d. There is life after death.

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18. What was the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution? a. the change from hunting to farming c. a war for independence b. a rejection of Paleolithic values. d. the movement of people to North America 19. Which was a key feature of early civilizations? a. cities c. social equality b. steel making d. a system of exchanging goods for money 20. Which of the following caused ancient civilizations to change? a. lack of traditions c. poor leaders b. nomadic herders d. contact with other people through trade, warfare, etc. 21. A new discovery about Stone Age life would most likely be make by which of the following people? a. a geographer c. a geologist b. a physicist d. an archaeologist 22. How do historians help us to learn about the past? a. They determine the age of rocks. c. They collect, evaluate, and interpret evidence b. They dig up artifacts d. they use radioactivity to determine the age of artifacts 23. When did early people first use stone tools? a. in the Old Stone Age c. during the Agricultural Revolution b. in the New Stone Age d. they never used stone tools 24. What evidence suggests that early people believed in life after death? a. they painted on cave walls c. they held funeral services b. they buried their dead with tools d. they kept track of their good deeds in books 25. Which of the following changes characterized the New Stone Age? a. People left their cities c. People began living in caves. b. People established farming villages. d. People used stone tools. 26. Which of the following marked the beginning of civilizations? a. the development of cities c. the building of temples. b. the discovery of fire. d. the creation of farming villages. 27. Where did the first cities emerge? a. along trade routes. b. in river valleys.

c. along the Mediterranean coast. d. in the Americas.

28. Which of the following helped to establish cultural diffusion among ancient peoples? a. trade c. poor leaders b. new technology d. farming 29. Specially trained people called scribes were taught to a. perform religious rituals c. read and write b. make tools d. entertain people 30. People who specialized in jobs and became skilled craftworkers were known as___________. a. priests c. scribes b. nobles d. artisans

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III. Map Identify the continents (letters) and the bodies of water (numbers) from the following map.

Continents 31. A= _________________________ 32. B= _________________________ 33. C= _________________________ 34. D= _________________________ 35. E= _________________________ 36. F = _________________________ Before Agricultural Revolution People relied on hunting and gathering for food 43. ___________ lived in small hunting and gathering groups People waited for migrating animals to return each year.

Bodies of water 37. 1 = _____________________________ 38. 2 = _____________________________ 39. 3 = _____________________________ 40. 4 = _____________________________ 41. 5 = _____________________________

After Agricultural Revolution 42. People learned to _______________. People settled into permanent villages. 44. People learned to ____________________, or tame animals. This provided a dependable source of meat.

Short answer questions (answer on answer sheet). Three sentences minimum. 1. Explain how the agricultural revolution made civilization possible. (Include: how did it change peoples lives, what were they now able to do, what is a civilization and how did the agricultural revolution help people to establish them) 2. Explain the role of rivers in the development of the first civilizations. (Why were they important? Why were most cities built near sources of water?)