Unit 2

Permanent settlements were built when people began to raise crops and animals.

• True
• False

Once people adopted agriculture the world population shrank because agriculture provided a less reliable food supply than did hunting and gathering.

• True
• False

An artifact is a bone that has turned into rock.

• True
• False

Early humans hunted animals and gathered wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts and may have even scavenged to survive.

• True
• False

The hunter-gatherer way of life made it impossible for people to live 

• in groups
• in cold climates
• with spoken language
• in permanent dwellings

Where did the world’s first civilizations arise?

• in North America
• in Europe
• in Africa
• in Asia

All of the the earliest civilizations developed near which of the following geographic feature?

• Rivers
• Mountains
• Peninsulas
• Deserts

The tools of the earliest humans were primarily made from.

• Clay
• Steel
• Stone
• Gold

Something newly introduced to improve life is called what? 

• specialization
• domestication
• innovation
• civilization

Which of the following is NOT an artifact?

• weapons
• glaciers
• tools
• jewelry