First Human Societies

Based on the text, how did the migration of the first people in America affect the region?A single population of modern humans migrated from south Siberia… and crossed over to the Americas 16,500 years ago… Sites all around the country … now provide more promising indications that the earliest Americans spread throughout the continent at least 14,500 years ago.  Currently, the oldest claim for human settlement in the Americas lies at Topper Site in South Carolina, dating back to about 15,000 years ago.         “Other Migration Theories” Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, National Park Service
_{Based on the text, how did the migration of the first people in America affect the region?} 

• A.  They came from different regions and fought over territory.
• They populated areas throughout the modern United States.
• A.  They quickly developed permanent settlements in the Americas
• A.  They continued to use common languages and cultural practices.

 Goats were one of the first animals to be domesticated by humans. How were early humans' lives impacted by the domestication of goats?

• They could defend themselves from invaders.
• They had a new source of food.
• They had a new method of transportation.
• They had a way to build better buildings.

 What did Neolithic farmers invent to help them cut grain?

• spear
• plow
• sickle
• ax

  Goats were one of the first animals to be domesticated by humans. How were early humans' lives impacted by the domestication of goats?

• They could defend themselves from invaders
•  They had a new source of food.
• They had a new method of transportation.
• They had a way to build better buildings.

 In which of these areas did agriculture first appear around 8000 B.C.?

• Central America
• China
• Australia
• the Middle East

A nomad is someone who travels around instead of settling in one place. Which of the following sentences best describes why early humans were nomadic?

• They followed the movement of the animals they hunted.
• They moved around to stay away from their enemies.
• They didn’t have the wealth necessary to build a city.
• It was too dangerous to stay in one place too long

Why did Stone Age people practice slash-and-burn agriculture?

• to fulfill spiritual beliefs
• to make irrigation easier
• to drive away wild animals
• to clear land for farming

Which of the following statements best describes the development of agriculture in different parts of the world?

• Agriculture developed independently in different parts of the world at different times.
• Agriculture began in Central America and then spread to different regions.
• Agriculture began in the Middle East and then spread to different regions
• Agriculture developed at the same time for all cultures and had the same technology

At the end of the last ice age, as glaciers retreated in northern Europe, what caused people to move north into the areas uncovered by the ice sheets?

• They were searching for better farmland and resources.
• They were following animal herds to hunt.
• They were fleeing from invaders living in the east.
• They were escaping from floods in the south.

Which development most enabled early peoples to form permanent settlements?

• A.  Advances in agricultural production
• A.  The creation of democratic government
•  The spread of monotheism
•  Advances in written language