Chapter 1: Prehistory

Which type of social scientists study written sources to interpret the past?

• Archaeologist

• Historian

• Anthropologist

• Geographer

On what continent were the bones of the first humans discovered?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• Australia

What is prehistory?

• A time before humans existed

• The time period when civilization began

• A time when humans were alive, but had not yet developed writing

• The time when people began farming

Where did the Green Revolution take place?

• India

• Egypt

• Greece

• Mesopotamia

Which of the following is a basic feature of all civilizations?

• Organized government

• A system of writing

• Job specialization

• All of the Above

Where did early people settle?

• In Mountains

• In the Jungle

• Near rivers or other bodies of water

• None of the Above

Who was "Lucy?"

• The remains of a mummy preserved in ice

• The oldest known hominid remains found in the world

• A famous Archaeologist

• None of the Above

Why was finding burial sites of ancient people important to archaeologists?

• It showed early people had respect for the dead

• It was proof that early people believed in life after death

• Neither A or B is correct

• A and B are both correct

True or False: one problem geographers face when making a globe flat is that it distorts certain landmasses

• True

• False

Who was Otzi?

• The earliest hominid ever discovered

• The first human to ever turn to farming as a source of food

• The ruler of the world's first civilization

• A mummy that was preserved in Ice