Early Humans review for quiz

What is the term given for someone who searches and often digs for evidence of early humans?

• Teacher

• Artifact

• Excavator

• Archeologist

Nomads are most likely to ___________________.

• Move from place to place

• Start a farming community

• form a permanent settlement

• have a big government

Once humans learned how to make fire, how did that change their lives?

• It gave them heat so that they could live in colder climates and provide warmth when needed

• It could be used as a signal

• It offered protection from animals

• all the above are true

Early humans often took in animals so that they could use them for food, clothing, labor and friendship. What is this called?

• Farming

• Domestication

• Stealing

• Hunting

Once humans discovered how to farm they often had a __________ of food.

• Surplus

• lack

• celebration

• safety

What revolutionary change took place to start the Neolithic Age?

• Electricity

• Automotive

• Farming

• Law enforcement

One real mummy that archeologists used to learn about the past was ____________.

• Maroo

• Mr. Nowak

• Mrs. Nicosia

• Mrs. Whalen

• Otzi the Ice Mummy

The term prehistory is given to the time when humans had not yet invented _________________.

• Snap Chat

• Writing

• artwork

• Spoken Language

• Sailing

Assigning different jobs to different people within a society is called ____________.

• irrigation

• domestication

• specialization

• civilization

When changes affect many areas of life, it is referred to as a ___________________.

• revolution

• surplus

• government

• specialization