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FOUNDATIONS OF CIVILIZATION
Section 2 Quiz
A. Terms, People, and Places
Fill in the blank in each sentence with the letter of a term from the box. Not all the words will
be used. Each answer can be used only once.
1. One of the first Neolithic villages was
modern-day Turkey.
in
2. The belief that spirits and other forces live in animals,
objects, or dreams is called
.
3. Another name for the Old Stone Age is the
4. During the
5. A
.
, people learned to farm.
moves from place to place in search of food.
Old Stone Age
Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
nomad
animism
Neolithic
Revolution
g. Çatalhüyük
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
B. Main Ideas
Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank provided.
6. One of the greatest advances of Old Stone Age people was to
a. survive several days in the desert. c. domesticate animals.
b. improve farming methods.
d. develop spoken language.
7. What is a clue about the religious beliefs of Old Stone Age people?
a. They carved crosses out of stone.
b. They buried their dead with great care.
c. They built worship sites in their villages.
d. They relied heavily on their environment.
8. The Neolithic Revolution describes the transition from
a. nomadic life to settled farming.
c. Africa to Asia and Europe.
b. stone to metal tools.
d. settled farming to nomadic life.
9. Which important change allowed people to invent new technologies?
a. the development of animism
b. the growth of extended families
c. the establishment of settled farming communities
d. the transition to a nomadic culture
10. During the Neolithic Period, people
a. began to develop separate roles, such as warriors and elders.
b. followed herds of animals, such as bison.
c. learned to make stone choppers and axes.
d. first sailed the ocean from Asia to Australia.
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