Early People & Beginning Civilizations

An object found in lower layers of rock would be

• older than one closer to the surface

• older than one further down

• younger than the one closer to the surface

• none of these

What do scientists believe began in west Africa?

• cultures

• human life

• domestication

• all of these

Animism is a belief that

• spirits protected animals.

• animals were equal to humans.

• the natural world was filled with spirits

• humans should never harm the natural world

The era for the first developed tools is

• New Stone Age

• Age of Technology

• Old Stone Age

• Age of Fire and Stone

"Homo sapiens" means

• wise people

• walks upright

• large-brained

• modern man

Homo sapiens appeared after

• nomads

• neanderthals

How did early humans domesticate plants?

• taking them in as house plants

• selecting seeds to plant

• domesticated animals led to domesticated plants by interaction

• none of these

Who made the first discovery of humans?

• Johanson

• Leakey

• White

• none of these

When farmers grew more food than needed, it was called a

• surplus

• abundance

• emaculate

• all of these

To change animal behaviors to be useful to humans is called

• teaching

• surplus

• domesticate

• shelter