AP World History                                                                  Name _______________

Mr. Henderson

 

 

Reading Questions: Bentley, pp. 14-29

1.  What are some features of a hunting and gathering society?

 

 

2.  What determines the migratory patterns of hunting and gathering people?

 

 

 

3.  What was the most important change brought about by the development of agriculture?

 

 

 

 

4.  Name two Neolithic villages and describe what the basic features of such villages were.

 

 

 

 

5.  What are the basic stages and consequences of metallurgy?

     (Besides this section, see also page 57, 74, and 83-84.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.  Compare two of the following River Valley civilizations in the areas of culture, state, and social structure.

            Mesopotamia   (beginning on p. 35)

            Egypt               (beginning on p. 56)

            Indus                (Chapter 4)

            Shang               (Chapter 5)

            Mesoamerica and Andean South American                   (Chapter 6)