Chapter 1 - Human Societies

How is a fossil different from an artifact?

• a fossil is the remains of an organism, an artifact is human-made

• fossil is a tool, and an artifact is human-made object

• fossil is a written record, artifact is the remains of an organism

Which of the following is a characteristic of the culture of some early Homo sapiens?

• they were able to run long distances

• they built complex cities

• they buried their dead

Why did East Africans start migrating to the Sahara around 100,000 years ago?

• they needed more farmland

• the Sahara turned into an oasis

• they wanted to move closer to the ocean

Where did Paleolithic people go after they left Africa?

• southern Europe

• Asia

• North America

• Australia

How did the Ice Age make migration to the Americas possible?

• It increased the amount of food in North America

• It allowed people to travel in boats from Asia to North America

• encouraged people to leave the desert conditions in Asia

• it created a land bridge between Siberia and North America

The paintings in the Lascaux Cave contain mostly images of what?

• grasslands

• handprints

• events in the lives of aborigines

• animals, some of which are now extinct

Which of the following is an artifact?

• fossilized skull of a homonid

• footprint of a chimpanzee

• spear point made of stone

• petrified tree branch

which term describes music ,language, clothing and other aspects of human life?

• Culture

• artifacts

• technology

• government

Why did some Paleolithic people in East Africa migrate to other areas between 100,000 and 75,000 years ago?

• Farmland became increasingly scarce

• climate became very unstable

• Rival groups drove them out

Which is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?

• making flour from wheat

• growing vegetables

• gathering fruits and nuts

• raising animals such as goats