Unit 1 Review

What was most likely the regular diet of the earliest hunter-gatherers? Select the two correct answers.

• wild plants they could pick
  

• large animals they caught in traps

• small animals they could find

What occurred about sixty thousand to ninety thousand years ago?

• Humans began migrating from Africa.

• Humans created rafts and boats.

• Humans began settling in large civilizations.

What enabled early humans to come together and solve problems?

• bartering

• language

• scavenging

What climate conditions do scientists believe caused the earliest humans to migrate during the
Paleolithic period?

• storms

• floods

• ice ages

What kind of natural disaster pushed the first migrants to leave Africa?

• There was a heat wave.

• There was an earthquake.

• There was extreme drought.

What developed during the Neolithic period? Select TWO correct answers.

• migration across continents

• large settlements

• architecture

Why did early humans find crops growing in the camps they returned to?

• Grains were found in the wild everywhere.

• They had developed a system of agriculture to grow grains.

• They had dropped seeds of grains the previous year.

What happened when farmers grew more crops than they could use in a season?

• They planted less the following year.

• They built ways to store the surplus.

• They burned the surplus.

Why do civilizations need a form of communication?

• Communication allows for leaders to rule over civilizations.

• Communication allows people to work with one another and solve problems.

• People need communication to eat.