Prehistory Quiz Remediation

1. Archaeologist refer to the period of time before people invented writing systems as

• Geography

• Technology

• Prehistory

• Archeology

2.Today archaeologists use modern technology like computers to help them

• Divide the world into different regions

• Design artifacts like jewelry and pottery

• Learn how to make new tools

• Study and interpret their findings

3.Historians are like archaeologists in that they both study how people lived by examining

• Longitude and latitude

• Artifacts

• Plants and Animals

• Regions

4. Which of the following statements does not describe life in the Old Stone Age?

• Paleolithic people moved from place to place following game animals

• Paleolithic people lived in small hunting and food-gathering groups

• Paleolithic people produced their own crops and stayed in one place

• Paleolithic people were completely dependent on their environment for survival

5. What evidence did Paleolithic people leave behind to suggest that they believed in a spiritual world?

• Tools made out of stone

• Small stone statues and other items buried along the dead

• clay pots

• animal skins sewn to make clothing

6. Which of the following statements does not describe a characteristic of the Neolithic agricultural revolution?

• People began to domesticate animals they had once hunted

• People had very few items because they were constantly moving

• The ability to produce their own food led to an increase in population

• Nomadic people learned to plant their own crops and settled into permanent villages.

7.Which of the following is a Neolithic advancement?

• First use of fire

• creation of first artwork

• creation of calendars

• development of language

8. Changes in ancient civilizations were most often caused by

• the rise of city-states

• the development of a writing system

• the creation of vast empires

• shifts in their physical environment and interactions among people

9. Why is geography important to history?

• it helps us predict the future

• It shows us the connections between people, places, and events

• it tells us when events took place

• it uncovers artifacts left by early peoples

10. How do archaeologists find out about early peoples?

• They read historical novels

• They dig to find artifacts

• They study old photographs

• They go to museums