Origins of Civilization

Migration of Homo sapiens migrated from Africa to Europe to

• Asia to Australia to the Pacific islands

• Asia to the Americas.

• Australia to the Pacific islands to the Americas.

• Australia to the Pacific islands to Asia.

Fire affected human migration by

• allowing people to cook food and scare away animals.

• to live in places that otherwise would have been too cold.

• being less dependent on daylight and travel at night.

• allowing people to settle in one place.

The economy of early villages and cites was based mainly on

• trade.

• farming.

• hunting and gathering.

• the production of tools.

Early civilizations settled near

• mountains.

• deserts.

• tundras.

• rivers.

Rivers and flooding are helpful to civilizations to grow food by

• destroying buildings.

• drowning livestock.

• adding rich nutrients to create fertile soil.

• watering the fields.

What are geologists able to tell archaeologists about fossils?

• the beliefs of early people

• how early people lived

• what they were used for

• how old they are

Which describes one way that early hunter-gatherers got food?

• They used tools to kill them.

• They grew seeds and nuts.

• They used chickens to lay eggs.

• They grew crops on farms.

What is a set of shared beliefs about the world- one of the features of a civilization.

• the arts

• government

• religion

• job specialization

Where do many scientists believe that human life began?

• North America

• China

• Asia

• Africa

The economy of early villages and cities was based mainly on

• trade

• production of tools

• farming

• hunting and gathering