Social Studies Semester 1 Final

Prehistory is known as...

• Time after written history

• Time before written history

Civilizations first started when...

• People first started leaving Africa

• When people began farming and settling in one place

• When people were nomads and traveled constantly

The Paleolithic Age is also known as the...

• Old Stone Age

• New Stone Age

• Bronze Age

Paleolithic peoples...

• Settled in to one area to farm using tools such as the plow, and domesticated animals.

• Mummified their dead and built large pyramids.

• Traveled in small groups, and used simple tools to hunt, build shelters and make clothing.

The Neolithic Age is also known as...

• The Old Stone Age

• The New Stone Age

• The Bronze Age

The Neolithic Revolution is important in human history because

• It is when humans left Africa

• It is when people were nomads and traveled around the world.

• It is when humans first started farming and settling in one spot.

Mesopotamia is located between the...

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• The Nile and Tigris Rivers

• The Indus and Ganges Rivers

The first civilization,________________________, (located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers) had the first writing system known as Cuneiform.

Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt were both polytheistic because they believed...

• In one God

• In many Gods

• God didn't exist

Ziggurats were temples created in ____________________ and were used by priests for sacrifices.

• Ancient Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Ancient India