1. (p. 5) The first productive agricultural communities appeared in the
A. first millennium B.C.E.
B. third millennium B.C.E.
C. sixth millennium B.C.E.
D. second millennium B.C.E.
E. fourth millennium B.C.E.
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2. (p. 6) Homo sapiens evolved
A. one million years ago.
B. five hundred thousand years ago.
C. one hundred thousand years ago.
D. two hundred thousand years ago.
E. forty thousand years ago.
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3. (p. 6) Which of the following is given in the correct chronological order?
A. Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens sapiens, Homo erectus, Australopithecus
B. Australopithecus, Homo sapiens, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens sapiens
C. Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, Australopithecus, Homo sapiens sapiens
D. Australopithecus, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens sapiens
E. Australopithecus, Homo sapiens sapiens, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens
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,4. (p. 7) The domestication of plants and animals is a hallmark of
A. the paleolithic era.
B. the neolithic era.
C. the hominids.
D. Homo erectus.
E. the first Homo sapiens.
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5. (p. 6-7) Which of the following can be best credited for the expansion of Homo sapiens
communities throughout the world?
A. land bridges
B. writing
C. hunting
D. farming
E. the work of the Greek historian Herodotus
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6. (p. 7) A rapidly increasing population encouraged the development of new forms of
A. social organization.
B. writing.
C. migration.
D. religion.
E. competition amongst different groups.
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, 7. (p. 8) Çatal Hüyük is significant because it
A. marks the beginning of human civilization.
B. marks the first human use of tools.
C. is the site of the first human use of agriculture.
D. is the site of the first city.
E. marks the first instance of the use of a land bridge.
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8. (p. 8) The word Mesopotamia means
A. the "pure land."
B. the "land of the strong."
C. "the blood of Gilgamesh."
D. "wedged-shaped."
E. "the land between the rivers."
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9. (p. 8) Which of the following is NOT a Semitic language?
A. Hebrew
B. Phoenician
C. Aramaic
D. Sumerian
E. Akkadian
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