Chapter 3 and 4

What do historians call the general early period of human history?

• Ancient Age
• Bronze Age
• Iron Age
• Stone Age

What is the best example of how an advance in the use of technology made life less difficult for Paleolithic people?

• they hunted and gathered
• they discovered how to use fire
• they lived near water sources
• they used cave as shelter

One of the most important technologies used by the Paleolithic people was ____.

• tools
• language
• art
• religion

Because the conditions for farming were good, the first civilizations arose ___.

• in the mountains
• near the sea
• in river valleys
• in the desert

What was the most important and long-lasting effect that the Agricultural Revolution had on people's lives?

• people bean eating wild grains
• the population grew at a faster rate and people settled in communities
• people completely stopped hunting and gathering
• new types of stone tools were made

As food became more abundant, fewer people wer needed in the fields. As a result, some people ____.

• went back to hunting and gathering
• started domesticating animals
• became artisans or skilled workers
• moved out of the villages

A mixture of copper and tin is called ___.

• brass
• amber
• platinum
• bronze

Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the Earth were the ____.

• ice ages
• Bronze Age
• Stone Age
• Golden Age

Taming of an animal for use by humans is called ____.

• specialization
• technology
• domestication
• encampment

Why was the discovery of bronze an important breakthrough at the end of the Neolithic Age?

• Bronze was stronger than copper
• Bronze was more affordable than copper
• Bronze was more abundant than copper
• Bronze was more attractive than copper