Unit 1 Review Game - Origins of Civilization

Which scientist studies history?

• anthropologist

• archaeologist

• historian

• paleontologist

Which scientist learns about the past by studying fossils and artifacts when they DIG them up?

• Archaeologist

• Anthropologist

• historian

• geologist

Which scientist studies the cultures of early humans and their ancestors based on what they left behind?

• archeologist

• anthropologist

• historian

• geographer

What do we call HISTORY before there was writing? (Add three letters to the beginning of the word history.)

What do we call hunter-gatherers who were always moving looking for food?

• homeless

• roamers
• wanderers
• nomads

What is a trace or imprint of a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock?

What is any tool or item made by humans that was left behind?

What continent did human life begin?

What does Paleolithic mean?

• New Stone Age

• Old Stone Age

What does Neolithic mean?

• New Stone Age

• Old Stone Age