Rise of Civilization

What is the study of past societies though what they left behind?

• Geography

• Archaeology

• History

• Cartography

What type of artifact dating measures the amount of radioactive carbon in a fossil?

• Termoluminescence

• Activecarbon dating

• Radiocarbon dating

• Paleoluminescence

What does Thermoluminescence measure?

• Radioactive Carbon

• Light given off by electrons

• Wavelenght of artifacts

• Light given off by carbon

What does Paleolithic mean?

• Old Stone age

• New Stone Age

• Bronze Age

• Silver Age

How did early humans get their food?

• Farming

• Fishing

• Hunting and Gathering

• From a store

What was the main concern for early humans?

• Food

• Social Class

• Cities

• Entertainment

During the ___ Age sea levels lowered creating land bridges.

• Stone

• Ice

• Bronze

• Metal

Why do we think people created cave paintings?

• Tell a story

• show people where they were

• Boredom

• religious rituals

What does Neolithic mean?

• Old stone age

• New stone age

• Bronze age

• Gold age

What development allowed for villages to form?

• Stone tools

• Bronze tools

• Agriculture

• Gunpowder