Frederick Douglass Academy
Global Studies
1. Which Neolithic Revolution development led to
the other three?
A)
B)
C)
D)
complex civilizations
surplus of food
division of labor
domestication of plants and animal
2. Base your answer to the following question on
Based on this map, on which continent did humans first appear?
A) Asia
C) North America
B) Europe
D) Africa
3. Subsistence farming can best be defined as
A) harvesting a surplus of crops to be sold for
profit
B) producing just enough food for a family’s
survival
C) domesticating animals to transport goods
D) irrigating crops to increase production
4. A direct result of the Neolithic Revolution is that
people
A)
B)
C)
D)
began living in permanent settlements
developed a nomadic way of life
depended on hunting and gathering
used crop rotation to increase agricultural
output
5. Where does the archaeological evidence gathered
by Louis and Mary Leakey suggest the earliest
humans developed?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Great Rift Valley
Amazon rain forest
Himalaya Mountains
Philippine archipelago
6. The Neolithic Revolution is considered a turning
point in history because it
A) influenced climatic changes
B) included the domestication of plants and
animals
C) encouraged a nomadic lifestyle
D) caused a decline in population
7. Base your answer to the following question on Base your answer to the following question on
the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Which revolution led to the development of these civilizations?
A) Industrial
B) Neolithic
C) Green
D) Commercial
8. Base your answer to the following question on •
Planting wheat and barley
• Domesticating animals
• Establishing permanent homes and villages
At the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution, the
most direct impact of these developments was on
A)
B)
C)
D)
religion and government
transportation and trade
diet and shelter
climate and topograph
9. How did the introduction of agriculture affect
early peoples?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Societies became nomadic.
Food production declined.
Civilizations developed.
Birthrates decreased rapidly.
10. Base your answer to the following question on
Base your answer to the following question on
the diagram below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
12. What was an important result of the Neolithic
Revolution?
A)
B)
C)
D)
13. “I am lucky enough to have been involved for
half a century with work, mostly in East Africa,
that very much belongs to everyone, since it
concerns the human origins that are common to
the whole human race.”
— Mary Leakey, Autobiography
In this quotation, the author is implying that
early humans
A)
B)
C)
D)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Elements of Belief Systems
Characteristics of Classical Civilizations
Benefits of the Counter Reformation
Changes during the Neolithic Revolution
11. During which period did the domestication of
animals and growing of crops first occur?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Iron Age
Old Stone Age
Neolithic Revolution
Scientific Revolution
migrated from Africa to Eurasia
first appeared in Africa
invented tools and mastered the use of fire
appeared shortly after the Neolithic Age
14. "Just as a man, having cast off old garments,
puts on others, even so does the embodied one,
having cast off old bodies, take on other, new
ones."
Which belief or practice is expressed in this
quotation?
A)
B)
C)
D)
What is the best title for this diagram?
Food supplies became more reliable.
New sources of energy became available.
People became more nomadic.
Populations declined.
rigid class structure
reincarnation
monotheism
fasting and prayer
15. Early peoples who moved frequently as they
searched for the food they needed for survival
are called
A)
B)
C)
D)
hunters and gatherers
village dwellers
subsistence farmers
guild members
16. Which was true of food-gathering societies in
prehistoric times?
A) Society was highly industrialized.
B) The population tended to be small.
C) The concept of private property was
important.
D) There was a system of mass production.
17. Before towns and cities can develop in a
society, the society needs to establish
A)
B)
C)
D)
an educational system
an agricultural surplus
a writing system
a democratic government
18. Which aspect of a nation's culture is most
directly influenced by the physical geography of
that nation?
A)
B)
C)
D)
form of government
religious beliefs
population distribution
social class system
19. One reason the cultures of North Africa
developed differently from the cultures of the
rest of Africa was that these areas of Africa
were separated by the
A)
B)
C)
D)
Congo River Basin
Great Rift Valley
Sahara Desert
Arabian Sea