Early Humans Review

Which continent do historians generally state as the location of the first humans?

• Asia

• North America

• Africa

• Europe

What is a Hunter-Gatherer?

• People who live in sedentary villages.

• People who hunted animals and gathered plants for food.

• People who collect hunting tools.

• People who engage in systematic agriculture.

The period of "history" before the invention of writing was known as?

• History
• Verbal History
• Prehistory
• Ice Age

How did the start of farming change early human tribes? 

• It forced them to stay in one place and build villages and cities.
• It caused them to continue to hunt animals and gather plants. 
• It ended fighting between the tribes for land.
• It stopped them from building temples for their gods.

A system that divides people into classes based on your job or your status in society is called

• cuneiform

• social structure

• religion

• surplus

A culture that has a developed complex system of religion, learning, arts, and government.

• civilization
• agriculture
• domestication
• trade

Farming increased the amount of food available to ancient people. This in turn led to

• more cities and an increased population

• less cities and more people hiding in caves

• less time for art and job specialization

• less need for protection from other groups

What di early civilizations found in Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China all have in common?

• They all buried their dead

• they all used hieroglyphics

• they all had monotheistic religions

• they all developed in river valleys

The process of training animals for human use or consumption is know as...

• urbanization

• domestication

• husbandry

• slash and burn agriculture

This is known as the "old" stone age, when people were hunter- gatherers

• the Paleolithic Age

• the Neolithic Age

• the Bronze Age

• the Ice Age