MTTC HISTORY EXAM (09) PART 1 WORLD HISTORY EXAMS WITH ALL ANSWERS

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Prehistory (definition and three periods) - CORRECT ANSWER-The period of human history before
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writing was developed. The three periods are the Lower Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic, and Neolithic.
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Lower Paleolithic - CORRECT ANSWER-About 1 million years ago. Humans used crude tools. The "Old
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Stone Age". Early humans used tools
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like needles, hatchets, awls, and cutting tools.
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Upper Paleolithic - CORRECT ANSWER-Development of more specialized, better-made tools. Humans
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began to wear clothes, practice art, and organize themselves into groups with a definite social
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structure. Most lived in caves during this period.
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Neolithic - CORRECT ANSWER-Increased complexity of social structures (a sense of family, religion, and
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government.) Domestication of animals, cultivation of crops. Humans built houses, started fires with
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friction tools. Knitting, spinning, and weaving textiles.
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Three Divisions of the Stone Age - CORRECT ANSWER-Paleolithic (with three sub-categories), Mesolithic
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and Neolithic Eras.
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Anthropology: Definition, description, and three major divisions. - CORRECT ANSWER-The study of
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human culture.
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,Study groups of humans, how they relate to one another, and the similarities and differences between
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different cultures by using cross-cultural research and comparative research.
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There are three major divisions within anthropology:
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bB Biological and cultural anthropologybB bB bB




bB Archaeology

bB Linguistics



Archeology - CORRECT ANSWER-This discipline studies past human cultures by evaluating what they
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leave behind. This can include
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bones, buildings, art, tools, pottery, graves, and even trash.
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Archaeology teaches us that humans (or near-humans) have existed for about 600,000 years. More
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primitive humans are believed to have appeared about 1 million years ago. These humans developed
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into Cro-Magnon man and then Homo sapiens.
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Neolithic Age - CORRECT ANSWER-The "New Stone Age" from 8,000-6,000 BCE (approximately). During
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this time textiles and pottery was developed, the wheel was discovered, and people began to practice
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agriculture, make polished tools, and had some domesticated animals.
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Bronze Age - CORRECT ANSWER-3,000 BCE. Metals are discovered and the first civilizations emerge as
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humans
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become more technologically advanced.
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Iron Age - CORRECT ANSWER-1,200-1,000 BCE. Metal tools replace stone tools as humans develop
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knowledge of smelting.
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Necessary elements of a Civilization - CORRECT ANSWER-Use of metal to make weapons and tools
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bB Written language bB

, bB A defined territorial state
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bB A calendar
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The earliest civilizations developed in river valleys where reliable, fertile land was easily found.
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Earliest Civilizations - CORRECT ANSWER-4-3,000 BCE saw the development of the civilizations in
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Mesopotamia (on Tigris and Euphrates Rivers) and in the Nile River valley in Egypt. Both a part of the
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"Fertile Crescent".
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Also, civilizations in:
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bB Indus River bB




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Fluvial civilizations - CORRECT ANSWER-Located near rivers and fresh water. Fresh water was important
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because it could be used for:
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bB Drinking water (for people and domesticated animals)
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bB Hunting along river (gathering place for wild animals)
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bB rich soil deposits due to regular flooding.
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Irrigation - CORRECT ANSWER-This technique helped direct water where it was most needed--to sustain
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herds of domestic animals and to nourish crops (which were increasing in size and quality.)
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Fertile Crescent - CORRECT ANSWER-The area in the Near East where the earliest civilizations arose. The
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region includes modern day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine and Jordan. It provided raw materials
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for increasingly advanced civilizations. As such, it also saw waves of migration and invasion, leading to
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earliest wars and conquests and the absorption of other cultures.
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