Social Studies Unit 1 Review

What is a food surplus?

• A way to bring water to crops

• Training animals for human use

• Creating more food than you need

Based on the information in the chart, which tool would Stone Age people have used if their camp were attacked by a large bear?

• Blade Core

• Burin

• Awl

• Clovis Point

Hominids are human-like beings that walked upright.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Neolithic Era (New Stone Age):

• Agriculture

• Settlements

• Homo Habilis

• Domestication

Why doesn't this cave painting include a written description of what was happening?

• The artist did not have the time to include a written description.

• It was drawn before people learned to use written language.

• Because it was in a cave, it was too dark to do any writing.

• The dyes used for the pictures were not suited to writing.

Fossils are fun to study.

• Fact

• Opinion

Review the "Hominid Timeline" above. According to the timeline, which hominid species lived during the same time as Homo Sapiens (our species)?

• Australopithecus Afarensis

• Homo Neanderthalensis

• Homo Habilis

• Homo Erectus

How did peoples' lives change during the Neolithic Era (New Stone Age)?

• There were no more hunter-gatherers around.

• Spears and harpoons were first created.

• People first learned how to create fire.

• People began to farm and settle into communities.

Prehistory is the time before written records.

• Fact

• Opinion

Historians study artifacts and fossils to learn about Prehistory.

• Fact

• Opinion