Geography/Early Humans Test Review

• Invention of written language
• Development of agriculture
• Specialization of labor
• Use of pottery 

• South America
• East Africa
• Northern Europe
• Western Asia

Which statement best explains the migration of early humans?

• Rise of civilizations displaced other people.
  
• Natural  disasters forced people to leave native lands.
• People searched for new sources of food.
  
• Religious conflicts made people leave disputed lands.
  

When studying prehistoric people, cave drawings like this one allow archaeologists to -

• speculate about daily lives
  
• understand spoken languages
  
• interpret written records
  
• study farming techniques
  

What was the major change caused by the  agricultural revolution?

• Increase of spoken languages
  
• End of hunting
  
• Development of permanent settlements
  
• Elimination of trade

Which factor had the greatest effect on the movements of early nomadic societies?

• Mineral deposits
  
• Religious beliefs
• Survival needs
  
• Tribal treaties
  

Aleppo, Jericho and Catal Huyuk were established near the 

• Indus and Ganges rivers
  
• Huang He and Yangtze rivers
• Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  
• Nile and Rosetta rivers
  

Scientists determine the ages of fossils mainly by

• measuring the number of impurities in the  creature’s blood
  
• using scientific tests such as carbon dating
  
• determining how the creature was fossilized
• using educated guesses based on the position  of the fossil
  

The Paleolithic Age refers to the period when

• agriculture started
• simple stone tools were developed
• early cities were created
• hunting and gathering ended

Which of the following changes took place as a result of the agricultural revolution?

• the belief in many gods
• living in small nomadic clans
• domestication of plants and animals
• decrease in the size of the population