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Example Questions
Example Question #671 : Ap World History
What problem did population theorists of the Industrial Revolution think the world's rising population would cause?
Over-urbanization
Famine
The emergence of new diseases
A reoccurrence of widespread bubonic plague
Famine
Malthus believed the world's population was growing far too fast for the farms and agricultural markets to keep up. He feared that the world would be plunged into a massive famine due to the lack of ability to feed the ever-rising population. While his fears were never completely realized as a worldwide famine on the scale he imagined never happened, there have been many large-scale famines that greatly diminished the populations of many nations.
Example Question #672 : Ap World History
The states of Bohemia and Moravia form modern-day __________.
Czech Republic
Germany
Poland
Serbia
Belgium
Czech Republic
The states of Bohemia and Moravia form modern-day Czech Republic.
Example Question #2 : Migration, Settlement, And Demography 1900 To Present
Swahili-speakers largely reside in which region of Africa?
Central
All of these answers
Southwestern
Northwestern
Southeastern
Southeastern
The correct answer is southeastern. The majority of speakers of Swahili reside in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda.
Example Question #1 : Agriculture
Which of these would you be least likely to find in an agrarian society?
Economic dependence on crops
Cities
Nomadic lifestyles
Sedentary family units
Domestication of animals
Nomadic lifestyles
Agrarian societies came as a result of the development of agriculture. People abandoned nomadic tendencies and settled down to form cities of family units. It allowed people to grow their own food, and no longer be forced to hunt constantly. You could have solved this problem, even if you were not specifically aware of the answer, through logic: agrarian practices require cultivation and maintenance of land over a growing season, nomadic lifestyles fundamentally rule that process out.
Example Question #1 : Agriculture
The Neolithic agricultural revolution directly led to all of the following except ___________.
A more sedentary lifestyle centered in towns and villages
An increasingly large population
The nation-state
A food surplus
Economic specialization
The nation-state
The Neolithic agricultural revolution did entail political changes in human society, but the nation-state concept did not arise for another years.
Whereas prior human generations lived nomadic lifestyles, agriculture requires permanent settlements. The burgeoning human population, the result of a food surplus, settled into towns and villages where a segment of the population did not cultivate plants or animals but rather worked as artisans in a process of economic specialization.
Example Question #2 : Agriculture
The main difference between the paleolithic and neolithic periods, originating in Mesopotamia but quickly spreading to Egypt and beyond, __________________.
was the domestication of horses and oxen
was the advent of writing
was the domestication of wheat and barley but no animals
was the domestication of large carnivores, such as lions, for protection
was the domestication of wheat, barley, sheep, goats, and dogs
was the domestication of wheat, barley, sheep, goats, and dogs
The main difference between the paleolithic and neolithic periods, originating in Mesopotamia but quickly spreading to Egypt and beyond was the domestication of wheat, barley, sheep, goats, and dogs. Not only did this lead to a food surplus in many communities, but it required settled societies rather than migrating bands of humans.
Both agriculture, and animal husbandry, mark the difference between the paleolithic and neolithic.
The advent of writing marks the difference between history and prehistory, not the paleolithic and neolithic.
Horses and oxen are larger, more powerful animals and were not domesticated until later.
Large carnivores, such as lions, are not easily domesticated; they're expensive, requiring huge amounts of meat per day, and remain highly dangerous to their owners even years after being domesticated, and even if they've been born in captivity.
Example Question #1 : Agriculture From Prehistory To 600 Bce
The Paleolithic Era was characterized by all of the following except ______________.
the manipulation of fire
the domestication of animals
the use of wood tools
the use of stone tools
the invention of language
the domestication of animals
The Paleolithic Era refers to the history of humanity before the Agricultural Revolution. Humans in Paleolithic societies used stone and wood tools, manipulated fire, and spoke to one another in rudimentary languages. The domestication of animals, however, did not take place until the Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution.
Example Question #2 : Agriculture
When did the Neolithic Revolution take place?
2,500,000 years ago
2,000 years ago
5,000 years ago
100,000 years ago
10,000 years ago
10,000 years ago
The Neolithic Revolution is another name for the Agricultural Revolution. The Neolithic Revolution is perhaps the greatest and most important shift in human history. It led to the development and growth of agriculture, the establishment of permanent settlements, and the emergence of cities. It took place approximately 10,000 years ago.
Example Question #4 : Agriculture From Prehistory To 600 Bce
The Neolithic Revolution led to which of the following?
The development of writing
A surplus of food
The development of cities
The emergence of politics and social hierarchies
All of these answers are correct
All of these answers are correct
The Neolithic Revolution is another name for the Agricultural Revolution - when humans first established permanent agricultural settlements. It led to a surplus of food, which in turn allowed some individuals to pursue artistic or cultural work. It also led to the development of cities and of an organized writing system. Finally, it led to the emergence of political and social hierarchies as some people accumulated wealth and power.
Example Question #1 : Agriculture
The domestication of the water buffalo was vital to the growth of __________.
China and central Asia
India and southeast Asia
Japan and Korea
The Middle East and North Africa
Western Europe and North America
India and southeast Asia
The domestication of the ox, in many parts of the world, was a significant development. The strength of oxen allowed farmers to work the fields more effectively and provided a massive boost to the productive capabilities of society. In India and southeast Asia, the water buffalo was domesticated for the same purposes.