Prehistory- MDS Social Studies 6

What is the time period before a written language was created?

• History
• Climate
• Prehistory
• Environment

Who were the earliest humans?

• Hunter gatherers
• Farmers
• Cobblers
• Bakers

When scientists study prehistoric people, what do they look at?

• Diaries
• Map
• Artifacts
• Stone Tablets

If a person travels from place to place, without a permanent home, what are they?

• Domesticated
• Landform
• Archaeologist
• Nomad

____________________ was how early people controlled the flow of water to be sure that the crops they planted had enough to grow until they were harvested.

• Climate
• Environment
• Irrigation
• Community

What is technology?

• Any invention that makes you wealthy
• Any invention that makes life easier
• Any invention that does not improve life
• Any invention that makes life harder

What were the roles of men and women in the hunter-gatherer community?

• Women gathered and hunted
• Men gathered and hunted
• Men hunted and women gathered
• Women hunted while men gathered

What word means taming plants and animals to make them useful for humans?

• Irrigate
• Landform
• Domestication
• Geography

Why did hunter gatherers migrate?

• To make better tools
• To explore the river valleys
• To find food
• To find better shelter

Once people learned how to raise plants and animals they no longer had to:

• Hunt
• Fish
• Swim
• Migrate