2019 Fall Midterm

What is the study of the past called?

• Archaeology

• History

• Geography

• Sociology

Which of the following is NOT an example of a primary source?

• A journal entry

• A Photo

• An Encyclopedia

• A Speech

Culture includes....

• The beliefs of a group of people.

• The customs of a groups of people.

• The art of a group of people.

• All of the answers are correct.

An iron tool used by early humans to dig would be an example of....

• a fossil.

• an artifact.

• a resource.

• a landscape.

True or False: An archaeologists, not a historian would be likely to explore the site of an ancient battle.

• True

• False

True or False: Fossils are imprints of something that once lived on the earth.

• True

• False

True or False: When deciding to settle, early humans looked for locations close to deserts.

• True

• False

What is rain an example of?

• Climate

• Weather

A desert is an example of a ....... land feature.

• historical

• cultural

• environmental

• physical

True or False: Hominids are early ancestors of humans.

• True

• False