Unit 1 Assessment Review

Someone who digs up relics and studies humans remains to learn about the past is called a(n)

• archaeologist

• biologist

• physiologist

• anthropologist

Artifacts are

• objects and tools left behind by early people

• souvenirs found in stores

• garbage collected from the past

• chemicals scientists use to preserve remains

Fossils are traces of living things.

• True

• False

During the Paleolithic Age the earth was hot and dry.

• 
  True

• False

During the Paleolithic Age, no humans populated the Earth.

• True

• False

Which of these statements is true about the Paleolithic Age?

• Ice covered much of the Earth.

• Small villages were built along rivers.

Nomadic means

• to help scientists dig into the earth

• to move from place to place rather than settle

• to handle dangerous objects

• to be a farmer

During the Neolithic Age, people were nomadic.

• True

• False

Tools that help study remains of the past are

• souvenirs and stones

• Radio carbon and DNA

• knives and axes

• sticks and stones

During the Paleolithic Age, tools were made of bronze.

• True

• False