Unit 2 Test Corrections

The use of pottery and textiles are related to which characteristic of early civilizations? (slide 14-15)

• Class structure

• Specialized workers

• Complex institutions

• Advanced recordkeeping

Which of the following is one change to human societies as a result of the Neolithic

Revolution? (slide 18)

• Elections for political leadership

• Emergence of monotheistic religion

• Development of specialization of labor

• Social equality between men and women

The transformation to having surplus agriculture lead to the development of permanent

settlements because it allowed for — (slide 7)

• technological innovation

• population increases

• creation of religions

• specialization of labor

Why was Egypt called the "Gift of the Nile"? (slide 26)

• Irrigation from the Nile provided for farming in a desert region.

• Protection from the Nile kept invaders from entering from the north.

• Fish and wildlife from the Nile were traded with neighboring civilizations.

• Egyptians believed the gods had placed the Nile in Egypt as a sign of supremacy.

Which river valley civilization is considered to have been the first to use geometry and the

first to create a solar calendar? (slide 30)

• China

• Egypt

• Indus Valley

• Mesopotamia

The growth of trade and commerce within early settlements contributed to the emergence of - (slide 14)

• government

• herding

• poetry

• temples

Which of the following is one change that directly resulted from the development of

farming approximately 10,000 years ago? (slide 7)

• It led to the production of stone tools.

• It led to the creation of settled communities.

• It led to the expansion of political rights for women.

• It led to the growth in the number of nomadic groups.

Which characteristic of civilization in the Indus River Valley is illustrated in the diagram? (slide 32)

• Economic systems

• Religious institutions

• Advanced urban areas

• Systems for recordkeeping

Identify TWO (2) important changes in human life caused by the Neolithic Revolution. (slides 9-10)

Identify TWO (2) physical geographic factors that influenced the development of river valley

civilizations. (slide 16-17)