Prehistory & GRAPES Review

Hunter-gatherer societies most likely developed in areas

• close to mountains

• in areas were there were many raw materials

• near the ocean

• where animals were plentiful

Humans were first able to

• farm

• domesticate animals

• make tools

• write

The development of one technology allowed societies to record events, ushering in the historic time period.  What was this technology?

• moveable type

• typewriter

• wooden plow

• written language

What is Archaeology?

• the study of dinosaurs

• the study of early people and their artifacts

• the study of plants

• the study of religion

The Neolithic Era is known as:

• The Bronze Age

• Old Stone Age

• New Stone Age

Christianity is an example of a monotheistic religion.  Monotheism means?

• belief in more than one God

• belief in only one God

• no belief in Gods

People who lived during the Old Stone Age got food by:

• agriculture

• archaeology

• farming

• hunting and gathering

The time before people invented writing systems

• anthropology

• archaeology

• geography

• prehistory

Artifacts are:

• damaged works of art

• editorial cartoons

• military equipment

• objects created and used by humans

Who studies the remains of a civilization?

• archaeologists

• cartographers

• historians

• paleontologists