Chapter 1: Early Civilizations
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. To the peoples of the ancient world, the characteristic manifestations of civilization—
government, literature, science, and art—were necessarily products of:
a. rural life.
b. city life.
c. religious life.
d. the Ice Age.
e. nomadic life.
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: page 4 OBJ: Applied
KEY: I
2. Human cultures down to the fourth millennium B.C.E. are referred to as belonging to the Stone
Age because they:
a. made most of their tools out of stone.
b. built urban structures primarily with stone.
c. used rocks and stones as weapons.
d. lived in caves.
e. all of these
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: page 4 OBJ: Factual
KEY: II, B
3. Although many prehistoric settlements are known, one of the earliest of these in modern-day
Turkey is:
, a. Jericho.
b. Ur.
c. Çatalhöyük.
d. Memphis.
e. Lagash.
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: page 4 OBJ: Factual
KEY: II, A
4. Although hominid existence extends back millennia, human civilization extends back only to
approximately:
a. 13,000 B.C.E.
b. 8000 B.C.E.
c. 5000 B.C.E.
d. 3000 B.C.E.
e. 1000 B.C.E.
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: page 4 OBJ: Factual
KEY: I
5. The earliest ancestors of human beings who used stone to make tools originated in Africa
approximately _________ years ago.
a. 7 million
b. 5 million
c. 2 million
d. 750,000
e. 200,000
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: page 4 OBJ: Factual
, KEY: II, B, 1
6. Cave paintings, such as those found in Lascaux, France, are evidence of:
a. development of a stratified society.
b. development of permanent settlement.
c. development of language as well as religious and artistic ideas.
d. development of a priestly class.
e. development of an artistic class.
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: page 5 OBJ: Conceptual
KEY: II, B, 2
7. Before 11,000 B.C.E., virtually all human societies were:
a. engaged in settled agriculture to produce crop surpluses for the gods.
b. able to use metal tools for arts, crafts, and building.
c. using men to do the hunting and women the gathering.
d. nomadic, moving incessantly in search of limited food.
e. settled in agricultural communities.
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: page 5 OBJ: Factual
KEY: II, B, 2
8. Since human beings in the Paleolithic period had no domestic animals:
a. great disparities developed in individual wealth.
b. they could be easily ruled by tribal kings.
c. they practiced a policy of “divide, defeat, and conquer.”
d. they had no significant wealth beyond what they could carry.
e. they used wild animals as beasts of burden.
, ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: page 5 OBJ: Factual
KEY: II, B, 2
9. The switch from subsistence by food gathering to food production:
a. required people to give up their faith in storm and wind gods.
b. was a momentous revolution that made stable settlements possible.
c. meant that women were no longer part of the labor force.
d. prohibited raising domestic animals as livestock.
e. all of these
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: page 5 OBJ: Conceptual
KEY: II, C, 1
10. Although the Neolithic Revolution occurred over a period of several thousand years, it represents
a revolutionary shift in the way human beings:
a. conceived of and constructed their art.
b. migrated between the Near East and southern Europe.
c. disposed of their dead.
d. built religious shrines and worshiped their gods.
e. acquired the food necessary for their survival.
ANS: E DIF: Moderate REF: page 5 OBJ: Applied
KEY: II, C, 1
11. Jericho, one of the world’s oldest villages, emerged as a seasonal settlement around:
a. 11,500 B.C.E.
b. 9500 B.C.E.
c. 7500 B.C.E.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. To the peoples of the ancient world, the characteristic manifestations of civilization—
government, literature, science, and art—were necessarily products of:
a. rural life.
b. city life.
c. religious life.
d. the Ice Age.
e. nomadic life.
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: page 4 OBJ: Applied
KEY: I
2. Human cultures down to the fourth millennium B.C.E. are referred to as belonging to the Stone
Age because they:
a. made most of their tools out of stone.
b. built urban structures primarily with stone.
c. used rocks and stones as weapons.
d. lived in caves.
e. all of these
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: page 4 OBJ: Factual
KEY: II, B
3. Although many prehistoric settlements are known, one of the earliest of these in modern-day
Turkey is:
, a. Jericho.
b. Ur.
c. Çatalhöyük.
d. Memphis.
e. Lagash.
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: page 4 OBJ: Factual
KEY: II, A
4. Although hominid existence extends back millennia, human civilization extends back only to
approximately:
a. 13,000 B.C.E.
b. 8000 B.C.E.
c. 5000 B.C.E.
d. 3000 B.C.E.
e. 1000 B.C.E.
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: page 4 OBJ: Factual
KEY: I
5. The earliest ancestors of human beings who used stone to make tools originated in Africa
approximately _________ years ago.
a. 7 million
b. 5 million
c. 2 million
d. 750,000
e. 200,000
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: page 4 OBJ: Factual
, KEY: II, B, 1
6. Cave paintings, such as those found in Lascaux, France, are evidence of:
a. development of a stratified society.
b. development of permanent settlement.
c. development of language as well as religious and artistic ideas.
d. development of a priestly class.
e. development of an artistic class.
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: page 5 OBJ: Conceptual
KEY: II, B, 2
7. Before 11,000 B.C.E., virtually all human societies were:
a. engaged in settled agriculture to produce crop surpluses for the gods.
b. able to use metal tools for arts, crafts, and building.
c. using men to do the hunting and women the gathering.
d. nomadic, moving incessantly in search of limited food.
e. settled in agricultural communities.
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: page 5 OBJ: Factual
KEY: II, B, 2
8. Since human beings in the Paleolithic period had no domestic animals:
a. great disparities developed in individual wealth.
b. they could be easily ruled by tribal kings.
c. they practiced a policy of “divide, defeat, and conquer.”
d. they had no significant wealth beyond what they could carry.
e. they used wild animals as beasts of burden.
, ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: page 5 OBJ: Factual
KEY: II, B, 2
9. The switch from subsistence by food gathering to food production:
a. required people to give up their faith in storm and wind gods.
b. was a momentous revolution that made stable settlements possible.
c. meant that women were no longer part of the labor force.
d. prohibited raising domestic animals as livestock.
e. all of these
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: page 5 OBJ: Conceptual
KEY: II, C, 1
10. Although the Neolithic Revolution occurred over a period of several thousand years, it represents
a revolutionary shift in the way human beings:
a. conceived of and constructed their art.
b. migrated between the Near East and southern Europe.
c. disposed of their dead.
d. built religious shrines and worshiped their gods.
e. acquired the food necessary for their survival.
ANS: E DIF: Moderate REF: page 5 OBJ: Applied
KEY: II, C, 1
11. Jericho, one of the world’s oldest villages, emerged as a seasonal settlement around:
a. 11,500 B.C.E.
b. 9500 B.C.E.
c. 7500 B.C.E.
