Early Humans and Civilization

What is the best definition of prehistory?

• the time before the invention of writing

• the time before the invention of weapons

• the time before the invention of laws

• the time before the earth existed

What is an artifact?

• a city-state

• a human made object

• a Sumerian God

• the Sumerian currency

Where in the world was the skeleton of the earliest hominid found ?

• Africa

• North America

• Central America

• China

True or False

Early humans were hunter-gatherers.

• True

• False

What is a person's unique way of life?

• paleontology

• theology

• scientology

• culture

Where was the first civilization located?

• Europe

• South America

• Mesopotamia

• England

What was the big change of the Neolithic Revolution?

• the shift from farming to hunting and gathering

• the shift from hunting and gathering to farming

• the shift from stone tools to iron tools

• the change in currency used in the world

True or False

One effect of the Neolithic Revolution was a higher population.

• True

• False

Who created the world's first civilization?

• The Sumerians (Sumer)

• Egyptians (Egypt)

• The Romans (Rome)

• The English (England)

What is the development of skills in a specific kind of work?

• civilization

• domestication

• specialization

• archaeology