Prehistory

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

• History
• Climate
• Prehistory
• Environment

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

• Fossils

• Map

• Artifacts

• Stone Tablets

____________________ 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

People who follow herds of animals and have no permanent homes are called ____________.

• nomads 
• fishermen 
• merchants 
• domestication

The name for the New Stone Age

• Paleolithic Age
• Mesolithic Age
• Neolithic Age
• Information Age

An object made and used by people of the past

• Midden
• Radiocarbon dating
• Artifact
• Site

The name for the Old Stone Age

• Neolithic
• Space Age
• Paleolithic
• Mesolithic

Which of the following is NOT true about hunters and gatherers?

• They moved in order to hunt their prey.
• They were nomadic.
• They had pigs, sheep, and goats on their farms.
• They had temporary shelters.

What test performed by archaeologists was used to analyze fossils and artifacts?

• Domestification
• Fossilizing
• carbon dating
• Endopretodosis

Which of the following is the period before writing was developed?

• the Neolithic Age
• archaeology
• ancient times
• prehistory