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The revolutionary change in the Neolithic Revolution was the shift from
a) gathering food to growing and raising food.
b) having no control over fire to using fire as a tool.
c) using stone tools to manufacture bronze.
d) living in villages to living in walled fortresses.

Food surpluses in the Neolithic village of Çatalhüyük
a) made it possible for people to do things other than farming.
b) made the village susceptible to raids from nomadic tribes.
c) were not stored properly and spoiled, so people starved to death.
d) caused the entire population to become obese.

Six of the most important characteristics of civilizations are
a) vehicles, use of fire, nomadic lifestyle, hunting and gathering, and technology.
b) villages, temples, trade, tools, use of fire, and armies.
c) use of metals, weapons, houses, food, religion, and art.
d) cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, and art.

Which of the following was part of the agricultural revolution?
a) widespread use of bronze
b) domestication of animals
c) the beginning of agricultural rituals
d) significant artistic activity

The ability to make copper, bronze, and iron helped lead to
a) systematic agriculture.
b) the beginning of barter.
c) wealthier societies.
d) treaties between warring groups.

Having sufficient food brought an end to
a) the Ice Age.
b) the New Stone Age.
c) nomadic ways of life.
d) farming villages.

A typical characteristic of many early civilizations was
a) a simple culture that helped ensure survival.
b) governments led by monarchs.
c) large-scale hunting and gathering.
d) the farming of beans.

The social structures of early civilizations were typically based on
a) economic power.
b) obedience.
c) military rank.
d) religious rituals.

In early civilizations, writing was most commonly used for
a) recording laws and a code of justice.
b) all forms of creative expression.
c) poetry only.
d) keeping records.

It is most accurate to say that the Neolithic Revolution occurred
a) as soon as the last Ice Age ended.
b) relatively quickly after the last Ice Age ended.
c) over a period of a thousand years.
d) gradually, and over thousands of years.

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