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Out of Africa Quiz #1

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Social Studies, History

6th - 8th Grade

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Out of Africa Quiz #1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What does the term “civilization” mean?

Larger groups of people living together in one place in more complex societies with social hierarchies and specialization of labor.

The process by which people change plants and animals over time at a genetic level to increase their productivity or other desired traits.

A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category because of their power, talent, wealth, or other characteristic.

A way of life where a group of people survives from the secondary products of herds. People follow patterns of grazing to keep their herds alive.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

How did geography play a key role in the early development of civilizations?

Societies developed near oceans.

Societies developed in river valleys.

Societies developed in the desert.

Societies developed in the tundra.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

River valleys offer societies access to water and fertile soil for highly productive agriculture as well as large mammal and plants suitable for domestication.

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Civilizations in Afro-Eurasia developed around rivers. Which of the following is NOT one of those rivers?

Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia

The Nile in Egypt

The Indus River in modern India/Pakistan

The Amazon in Brazil

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Why did early humans migrate around the world?

They wanted to travel
They were tired of the same places
There were not enough animals to hunt or food to gather
There was not enough good schools

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Where do historians think early man originated?

North America

East Africa

Asia

Antarctica

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What does the term prehistory mean?

time period before writing was invented
an object made by a human
human knowledge used to create better tools and equipment
food

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