World History 1st semester Exam Review

What does the word ancestors mean?

• Scientists who study people's culture

• Bones of early people or animals

• Relatives who lived in earlier times

• The years before people used written language

What are nomads?

• People who grow their own food

• People who live in caves

• People who move from place to place

• People who live in cold regions

What does domestication mean?

• Preparing farmland by cutting trees

• Raising animals to be useful to people

• Planting and harvesting crops

• Trying out different kinds of crops for farming

What is irrigation?

• Trading with others

• Bringing water to crops

• Breaking up soil

• Using pictures to communicate

What does the word migration mean?

• Worship of many gods

• Welcome by a country's leader

• Movement from one place to another

• Attack by another country

What does campaign mean?

• Religious talk

• Meeting of kings

• Plan; agreement

• war; crusade

What are nobles?

• storytellers

• wealthy landowners

• commoners

• educated persons

What do archaeologists study to learn about people who lived long ago?

• trowels

• artifacts

• sieves

• footprints

Who were homo sapiens?

• bones from animals

• treasures from Egypt

• the first humans

• layers of objects

Where do scientists think the first people in North America came from?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• Australia