World History 2B

Front 1

There were widespread agrarian societies during the

Back 1

Netholic Age

Front 2

What are three characteristics of the Agricultural Revolution?

Back 2

New tools made it possible for more crops to be grown.
Larger cities became a reality.
Farmers learned to control water through wells and canals.

Front 3

Fox Talbot
Isaac Singer
Etienne Lenoir
Alfred Nobel
Wilhelm Roentgen

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photographs
sewing machine
gasoline engine
dynamite
X-rays

Front 4

In what areas did major changes take place during the Industrial Revolution?

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mining
manufacturing
textiles

Front 5

The Industrial Revolution saw many people moving from urban to rural settings.

Back 5

false

Front 6

Match the vocabulary word with its meaning.

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1. Etymology the area that makes up a city
2. Mesolithic the New Stone Age period
3. Neolithic the Middle Stone Age period
4. Paleolithic the study of the origins of words
5. Rural the Old Stone Age period
6. Urban the area outside cities; the country

Front 7

Hierarchical societies became more organized during the

Back 7

Netholic age

Front 8

A characteristic of this era was the introduction of pottery.

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Mesolithic

Front 9

Which of the following could affect the human population?

Back 9

A deadly virus emerges that can pass from human to human.
A civil war breaks out in Italy.

Front 10

Today, the majority of the world's population lives in Europe.

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false

Front 11

If most of the population growth in the future is expected to take place in developing countries, predict what effects this will likely have.

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People in these countries will live in poverty.
There will be an increase in demand for access to basic goods and services.

Front 12

In what way has the Chinese government sought to limit the country's population growth?

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by encouraging families to have one child each

Front 13

Today, the world's population is decreasing.

Back 13

False

Front 14

The age of a country's population can affect its ____

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economy

Front 15

From this lesson, in what ways have some nations tried to educate their populations regarding the number of children that couples have?

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by producing posters
by creating television ads

Front 16

In 2004, a tsunami affected the population of _

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Asia

Front 17

Scientists have not been able to eliminate the threat of future pandemics.

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AIDS

Front 18

Where have the highest number of HIV infections been reported?

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Sub-Saharan Africa

Front 19

The 1918 outbreak of the Spanish flu was the most destructive malaria epidemic in history.

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False

Front 20

What is likely to happen to a country's economy if its population is affected by a disease pandemic?

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Economic productivity would decline.

Front 21

Why did the 1918 outbreak of the Spanish flu cause so many deaths?

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The influenza virus was a strain to which people had no immunity

Front 22

HIV is the virus that causes

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AIDS

Front 23

What is the most deadly viral disease that scientists know of?

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Ebola

Front 24

An account of the first recorded pandemic in human history was written by ____

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Thucydides

Front 25

Experts predict that a future disease outbreak will spread
because much of the world's population lives in crowded urban areas.

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rapidly