World Civilizations Semester Test | 2021

What term describes farming?

• agriculture

• economy

• resources

• fossil

What term is used to describe a relative who lived in the past?

• ancestor

• hominid

• megaliths

• entrepreneur

What do you call the study of the past based on what people left behind?

• archaeology

• geography

• prehistory

• society

An object created and used by humans is called an ________.

• artifact

• culture

• environment

• scarcity

The study of citizenship and government is called _______.

• civics

• history

• government

• migrate

What is the average weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time called?

• climate

• environment

• region

• geography

A written plan of government is called a ________.

• constitution

• government

• republic

• wealth

The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people is called ________.

• culture

• democracy

• ancestor

• entrepreneur

What is a type of government in which people rule themselves?

• democracy

• republic

• society

• archaeology

The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans is called ______.

• domestication

• fossil

• profit

• wealth