Prehistory Review Quiz

Scientists currently believe humans first appeared in:

• Australia

• Africa

• North America

• Asia

Early hunter-gatherer human societies are generally typified by:

• large numbers of people

• small nomadic clans of humans

• moderate numbers of people living in permanent villages

• miniscule cities and large agricultural developments.

Humans were first able to:

• farm

• create art

• domesticate animals

• make tools

A hunter-gatherer society would most likely develop in an area:

• where animals are plentiful.

• near an ocean

• in an area with many raw materials.

• close to a mountain

Hunter gatherers migrated in order to:

• explore rivers

• find food

• get better shelter

• grow crops

Artifacts are:

• damaged works of art

• editorial cartoons

• military equipment

• objects made by human hands

What can archaeologist conclude about the artifacts found in the same strata?

• The remains are from different time

• The remains are from the same time

• Different people made the artifacts

• The artifacts were from a people with no technology.

What is it called when one finds out how old an artifact is?

• recording

• sizing

• dating

• assigning

What event marked the start of the historical period?

• Agricultural Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Computer Age

• Green Age

Who studies the remains of a civilization?

• archaeologists

• historians

• paleontologists

• cartographers