9th Grade Humanities Name: ________________________________

SCORE: ____/30
Unit 1 Final Take-Home Quiz
All questions worth 3 points.
PART I: “By the Waters of Babylon”
1. How were the Hill People different from the Forest People? Why do you think this is so?

2. What do you think will happen to the Hill People after John’s return from his journey?

PART II: Neolithic Revolution

3. How did human culture change during the Neolithic Revolution? (Make some comparisons
to the Paleolithic Age)

4. How was the domestication of animals important for the rise of civilization?

PART III: Civilization

5. Define civilization.

6. How did systematic agriculture lead to civilization?

PART IV: Making Connections
7. How did food surpluses contribute to the rise of specialized labor (i.e. artisans, priests,
merchants, government officials, etc.)

8. Why do you think the earliest civilizations developed in river valleys?

9. Summarize human history from Neanderthals through the Neolithic Age in two sentences
or less.

10. With the technology available today, why do you think some people still practice a
culture more similar to our Stone Age ancestors?

Part V: EXTRA CREDIT

Find and research a modern group of people who still practice a culture that is more
similar to a Stone Age way of life than our own. Report your findings. Hint: Look for people
in the Amazon, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.

Scientists recently reported their findings about a hominid fossil discovery in eastern Africa.
The species is older than Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy). What is the name of this
species? What do these findings tell us about human evolution?
Hint: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/ardipithecus/ardipithecus.html