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Lecture 1: Before Civilization

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1

The Earth is estimated at being ______ years old.

40, 000
6 billion
4 billion

2

Humans are estimated as being _____ years old.

40, 000
4 billion
6 billion

3

World history began around _____.

3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3500 BCE

4

What evolved around 3500 BCE that prompted formation of civilization?

Sedentary Ag.
Specialization of Occupation
Writing

5

The Late Paleolithic Age was approximately from

12,000 BCE to 35,000 BCE
20,000 BCE to 12,000 BCE
14,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE

6

The Neolithic Age was from

20,000 BCE to 12,000 BCE
12,000 BCE to 35,000 BCE
14,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE

7

The Neolithic Revolution started with the

discovery of sedentary agriculture.
end of the paleolithic era.
formation of a writing system.

8

What was not an effect of the Neolithic Revolution?

Sedentary AG produced food surpluses.
Writing systems were developed.
People began to be concentrated in urban areas.

9

Early Jericho was founded in

1500 BCE
1000 BCE
1200 BCE

10

Catal Huyuk was founded in

6000 BCE
7000 BCE
1000 BCE

11

Jericho and Catal Huyuk were not fully formed civilizations because they lacked what?

secular values.
a system of writing.
sedentary agriculture.

12

Where were the Venus fertility statues found?

present day Greece
present day France
present day Turkey

13

What is a characteristic of human life before civilization?

Intelligent and coordinated.
Uncoordinated and not upright.
Unable to communicate.

Comments (1)

Tolis (88766)

2650 days ago

The Age of the erath is estimated at 4.5 billion years old. Humans appeared as the homo genus 2.5 million years ago. Anatommically modern humans appeared 600.000 years ago. Homo sapiens sapiens evolved between 100.000 -150000 years ago. Jericho was founded 9000 BCE. Reasearch before you start a "lecture"

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