6th grade 1st trimester exam social studies

This is the study of humans in the past

• Archaeology

• Anthropology

• pre-history

• artifacts

This is the study of human life in all aspects, especially in development and culture

• artifacts

• archaeology

• anthropology

• prehistory

objects made by human beings

• archaeology

• artifacts

• prehistory

• anthropology

Time before written records

• prehistory

• artifacts

• archaeology

• anthropology

What fossil was discovered in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania

Where do most scientist agree that human life began?

• South Africa

• North Africa

• East Africa

• Asia

What are hunter gatherers

• They only hunted animals

• They lived by hunting small animals and gathering plants

• They grew crops

• They traveled and did trade

How can archaeologist use the depth of an object to determine its age?

• objects found in lower layers are younger than those found in upper layers

• object found in lower layers are older than those found in upper layers

• Depth cannot determine an artifacts age

What substance was used to make the earliest tools?

• Stone

• Clay

• Mud

• Bronze

People that move from place to place with no home are called

• Neanderthals

• hunter gatherers

• Nomads

• homosapians