Prehistory Quiz

Scientists currently believed humans first appeared in:

• Australia

• North America

• Asia

• Africa

A hunter-gatherer society would most likely develop in an area

• where animals are plentiful

• near an ocean

• in an area with many raw materials

• close to a mountain

Hunter-gatherers migrated in order to:

• explore rivers

• find food

• get better shelter

• grow crops

Early hunter-gatherer human societies are generally typified by:

• large numbers of people

• small nomadic clans of humans

• moderate numbers of people living in permanent villages

• miniscule cities and large agricultural developments

Humans were first able to:

• farm

• create art

• domesticate animals

• make tools

The development of one technology allowed societies to record events, ushering in the historic period of time. What was this technology?

• Written Language

• Typewriter

• Moveable Type

• Wooden Plow

The Neolitihic Era began when Humans

• began to control and lesson their population

• first developed organized countries

• first lived in permanent agricultural societies

• learn to write down and communicate their thoughts to other peoples in the world

How do you best describe a domesticated animal?

• An animal that is controlled and used for human benefit

• Relatively small and valued for their hide

• An animal such as a deer or an elephant

• A wild animal hunted in elaborate ceremonies

What effect did the inventions of the plow, pottery, and weaving have on early societies?

• moved about to find food

• warred with their neighbors

• they developed parmanent settlements

• developed early democracies

What event marked the start of the historical period

• Agricultural Revolution

• Industrical Revolution

• Computer Age

• Green Revolution