REVIEW Chapter 1: Rise of Civilization

"Time before writing was developed"

• prehistory

• history

• posthistory

• historiography

Study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind

• anthropology

• history

• ornithology

• archaeology

Study of human life and culture based on artifacts and human fossils

• anthropology

• history

• ornithology

• archaeology

Which of the following is an example of culture?

• clothing

• what people value

• how people organize in society

• all of the given

TRUE or FALSE: Radiocarbon dating is accurate regardless of the possible age of an artifact

• True

• False

Which of the following BEST describes the spread of the first modern humans?

• it was extremely slow

• it occurred relatively quickly

• early humans emerged out of Asia

• none of the given

Define the following: humans and other humanlike creatures that walk upright

• hominid

• australopithecus

• homo sapiens sapiens

• homo habilis

The earliest hominid found, to date, was given the name of...

• Sid

• Lucy

• Lucky

• Paul

According to the textbook, the earliest humans developed...

• millions of years ago

• tens of thousands of years ago

• thousands of years ago

• none of the given

Which of the following early humans came first?

• homo habilis

• neanderthals

• homo sapiens sapiens

• homo erectus