Understanding Our Past Review

The belief that animals and objects had spiritual connections

• animism

• atheism

• pictographs

• surplus

A scientist who studies human the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans

• anthropologist

• geologist

• archaeologist

• linguist

This scientist studies artifacts to gather information about past people

• cryptozoologist

• biologist

• geologist

• archaeologist

Which is not an example of an artifact?

• arrowhead

• a clay pot

• glass beads

• ancient seed

Which best describes a civilization?

• anarchy based society

• nomadic Indigenous people

• None of these

• highly organized social order

• All of these

Your way of life that was learned from your family and community is best described as your:

• culture

• proprietary sense

• animism

• innate ability

Which of these is not responsible for the spread of culture?

• warfare

• isolationism

• trade

• migration

I took a wild wolf pup and made into a guard dog on my farm. This is an example of:

• civilization

• nomadism

• alliteration

• domestication

The study of people, their environments, and the resources available to them

• Biology

• Geology

• Geography

• Lithography

A bipedal primate of a family that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also (in recent systems) at least some of the great apes.

• vastus lateralis

• hominids

• nomads

• campephilus principalis