Follow up quiz to classwork.
Check Your Knowledge! Complete the quiz questions below using your chapter 2 notes and Neolithic knowledge!
Which of the following is NOT a reason people abandoned their nomadic lifestyle in favor of a sedentary lifestyle?
Sort the following items into the appropriate category.
Planting plants in rows giving their roots a good space apart.
Killing animals that are aggressive and feeding animals that are passive.
Controlling the flow of water using ditches or canals.
Picking and choosing the seeds from the biggest and best plants to grow.
Domestication
Irrigation System

Smithing Tools, Weapons, & Armor

Recording and Teaching Information
Fighting Wars

Buying and Selling Goods

Harvesting Crops
Separate into two categories the advantages and disadvantages of bartering.
Click the circle to put an idea into a category.
Advantages | Disadvantages | |
|---|---|---|
Transportation of goods can be hard if they are large, heavy, or in bulk. | ||
Can trade services and skills, not just physical goods. | ||
It is time-consuming to arrange trades. | ||
It can be difficult to find someone who wants what you have and has what you want. | ||
Promotes community interaction and cooperation. | ||
No need to worry about money or how much money is worth. | ||
It can be hard to determine fair trade values between different items | ||
Environmentally friendly as it encourages reuse of goods. People don't throw away what could be traded. |
Check off every job a divine right monarch would perform (do).
Finish the sentence.
Early civilizations developed something hunter-gatherers never had, leisure time. This gave people time to ...
Without a surplus of food people can't work specialized jobs.
Check mark pictures of the first civilizations.