Social Studies Topic 1: The Origins of Civilization

Which phrase defines the time called prehistory? (Lesson 1.1)

• before the year 2000

• before written records

• before computers

• before you were born

Which describes a way that early hunter-gatherers got food? (Lesson 1.1)

• They used tools to kill animals.

• They used chickens to lay eggs.

• They grew crops on farms

• They grew seeds and nuts.

What is an artifact? (Lesson 1.1)

• an object made or used by humans

• a food prepared or eaten by humans

• the remains of a person from long ago

• fossils

What does an archaeologist study? (Lesson 1.1)

• how people act when they are together

• the things that people in the past left behind

• what happens if certain chemicals are combined

• why people need certain foods during lunch

What happens during a migration? (Lesson 1.2)

• People stay in one place and home for many years.

• People move from one room to the next

• People move from their homeland to a new place.

• People welcome new people to their home.

Why did modern humans have to adapt? (Lesson 1.2)

• They had to make new cave paintings.

• They had to adjust to new environments.

• They had to change their belief systems.

• They had to move to Africa.

How did the world change when modern humans populated it? (Lesson 1.2)

• There were humans on every island.

• There were humans only in Africa.

• There were humans in most regions of the world.

• There were humans just in warm places.

Which group is thought to be the first to bury its dead? (Lesson 1.2)

• The Greeks

• The Hawaiians

• The Neandethals

• new Stone Age Humans

What is the term for the belief that spirits fill the natural world? (Lesson 1.3)

• humanism

• naturalism

• spiritualism

• animism

The purpose of domesticating animals is to...

• watch them hunt

• study their origins

• hunt them in the wild

• use them for work