Origins of Civilization Quiz (Lessons 1-3)

Which phrase defines prehistory?

• before computers

• before the year 0

• before written records

• before the year 2000

Which describes a way that early hunter-gatherers got food?

• They used chickens to lay eggs.

• They used tools to kill animals.

• The grew crops to farms.

• They grew seeds and nuts.

What is an artifact?

• an imprint of a plant from long ago

• the remains of a person from long ago

• a food prepared or eaten by humans.

• an object made or used by humans

What are geologists able to tell archaeologists about fossils?

• the beliefs of early people

• how early people lived

• how old they are

• what they were used for

What does an archaeologist study?

• how people act when they are together

• the things that people in the past left behind

• what happens if certain chemicals are combined

• why people need certain foods to survive

What happens during a migration?

• People stay in one place and home for many years.

• People move places and homes with the seasons.

• People move from their homeland to a new place.

• People welcome new people to their home.

Which group is thought to be the first to bury its dead?

• hunter-gatherers

• Neanderthals

• Homo sapiens

• early Stone Age humans

What is the tern for a belief that sprits fill the natural world?

• humanism

• naturalism

• spiritualism

• animism

What can you do with domesticated animals?

• watch them hunt

• study their origins

• hunt them for food

• use them for work

What happens during a revolution?

• Life changes some.

• Life changes completely.

• Life changes a little.

• Life does not change.