Unit 1 Section 1-2 Quiz Review

What shaped how early human societies lived their lives? 

• physical environoment
• Political environoment
• Religious environoment
• none of these

What archaeological site in England was built during the Neolithic period & Bronze Age? 

• Castle 
• Stonehenge 
• Hanging Gardens 
• All of these

Which of the following describes prehistory?

• Before there were permanent settlements

• Before there was oral language

• Anything that happened before farming

• Anything that happened before writing was invented

1.  What were the primary occupations of people during the Paleolithic Era?

• a.  Hunters & Gathers
• a.  Toolmakers
• a.  Farmers

One Way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.

• They no longer were nomads
• Life expectancy was shorter
• They had to move around to new farms

Nomadic means to

• Sleep in tents
• Move around frequently
• Stay in one place

The Stone Age got its name because

• Stone Houses

• Used pretty rocks for money

• Rocky Fields

• Stone Tools

What is the job of an Archaeologist?

• to study past cultures, human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts
• To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs
• To find cool stuff underground
• To study the relationship between geography and fossils 

Which of the following would be considered a fossil?

• decayed plant remains
• clay pots
• scrolls 
• arrowhead

A scientist who studies the origin, culture, and values of different people is a/an

• anthropologist
• botanist
• culturist
• ornithologist