AP World History Midterm Study Guide Quiz
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10th grade AP World history midterm exam quiz-helps with certain midterms extremelly-if not, just a good review on chapters 1-24 in the Stearns Book
- 1.What are some of the characteristics of the human species before the advent of civilization?
- A.
Agricultural communities based on equality for all
- B.
Hunter/gatherer societies that spread to various geographical settings
- C.
Lived in tight knit communities that warred constantly with each other
- D.
Advanced speech and the beginnings of trade between peoples
- 2.The development of agriculture caused what important changes?
- A.
Moved humans toward more elaborate social and cultural patterns and increased population
- B.
Communities focused themselves more on religion and began to question the existence of a creator
- C.
Hunter/gatherer societies were constantly preying on the early farmers and cast them out of their society
- D.
People engorged themselves and grew obese without the ability to move
- 3.Why did the original inhabitants of Australia not develop agriculture?
- A.
Not enough resources
- B.
Disinterest
- C.
Poverty
- D.
Isolation
- 4.A society is almost certainly a civilization if it practices
- 5.The Paleolithic Age refers to
- A.
The age of agriculture; farmers are beginning to dominate
- B.
Making of simple stone tools; before development of homo sapiens sapiens
- C.
The dawn of civilization
- D.
Right up until the first river valleys emerged
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