Prehistory- Chapter 1

What is an archaeologist?

• a scientist who learns about ancient people by studying the things they left behind

• a person who moves from place to place and has no settled home

• A skilled craftsperson who makes things such as jewelry, baskets, shoes, or leather goods

What is a nomad?

• a person who moves from place to place and has no settled home

• a scientist who learns about ancient people by studying the things they left behind

• A skilled craftsperson who makes things such as jewelry, baskets, shoes, or leather goods

What does it mean to domesticate an animal?

• to tame

• excess; more than what is needed

• Supplying land with water through a network of canals

What does it mean to have a surplus of food?

• to harvest the corn

• to have no food to eat

• excess; more than what is needed

What is prehistory?

• stories that passes by word of mouth from one generation to the next.

• he period of time before written records

• written and other recorded events of people

The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans-

• masteredfire.
• developed agriculture.
• migrated fromAfrica.
• organized governments

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

• nomads 
• fishermen 
• merchants 
• domestication

An object made and used by people of the past

• Midden
• Radiocarbon dating
• Artifact
• Site

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