World History Review

Many historians agree that all of the following are the results of the agricultural revolution EXCEPT

• settlements with high densities of population

• specialized and complex divisions of labor

• economies that began trading with each other

• domesticated animals used to protect families

Based on the information in the graphic organizer, a major effect of the Neolithic Revolution was

• a change in diet

• a scarcity of water

• a more nomadic lifestyle

• a less reliable source of nutrition

Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer?

• Sumerian laborers fill in rivers to stop yearly flooding

• Sumerian hunter-gatherers use silt to build mud houses

• Sumerian priests build ziggurats to serve as places of worship

• Sumerian farmers plant and harvest abundant and healthy crops

Which of the following is described above?

• Code of Hammurabi

• Code of Uruk

• Aramic Code

• Dead Sea Scrolls

Which ancient civilization was the first to use city planning and sewer systems?

• China

• Egypt

• Indus Valley

• Mesopotamia

Which civilization developed an early writing system that used cuneiform script on wet clay tablets?

• Egyptian

• Sumerian

• Indus River Valley

• Chinese Zhou Dynasty

Based on the information in the diagram, which of the following is an example of a proper Confucian relationship?

• Lower classes have a duty to question authority figures

• Rulers are obligated to be fair to the people they govern

• Children are expected to study hard and make good grades

• Women and men share the responsibilities of the household

Which of the following was politically characteristic of many civilizations during the Classical Era (500BC-600AD)?

• Voting rights were given to more and more people

• Representative governments evolved throughout the world

• Small feudal kingdoms spread across Eurasia

• Complex empires with bureaucracies developed

Which river valley civilization is considered to have been the first to use geometry and the first to create a solar calendar?

• China

• Egypt

• Indus Valley

• Mesopotamia

Accounts of events created at a later date and by someone who was not present at the event.