Social Studies Unit 1 Test Review

What question does the theme place ask?

• “How do people relate to the physical world?”

• “What is a particular site like?”

• “How are places similar or different?”

• “Where are things located?”

During the Paleolithic Era, why did early humans migrate?

• Migration hindered people from being able to hunt and gather for food.

• Migration helped people to survive as they followed their source of food.

• Migration hindered people from finding the resources they needed to survive.

• Migration helped people farm and to stay in one place.

Which of the following describes the lives of people in hunting and gathering societies?

• People spent much of their time moving from place to place.

• Societies spent all of their time producing food

• Gender divisions became more prevalent because men hunted.

• Populations boomed due to an increased plant and animal presence.

1. With an abundance of food and more permanent shelters, people had more time to devote to the

   development of new technologies. Better farming equipment, such as the ox-driven plow, were invented.

   The wheel aided humans greatly in transporting goods from one location to another. The loom allowed

   people to weave cloth and create finer and more comfortable clothing.

3. What is the effect of the new technologies mentioned in the passage?

• More people become hunters and gatherers

• Groups were able to live in areas with little to no water

• People began living in smaller groups

• Agricultural inventions led to surplus food and increase in population.

Which statement includes an explanation of the Neolithic Revolution?

• In Mesoamerica, agricultural settlements saw an expansion of their populations and the beginning of more complex governments.

• In the Middle East, people began to settle in small communities and practice agriculture

• In East Asia, early settlers began using marking on turtle shells and bones as an early form of record keeping

• In Northern Europe, nomadic hunters began to produce more complex stone tools.

Which of the four major oceans is number “10”?

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

Thousands of years before civilizations developed writing, people lived with no permanent homes. They

were called nomads. They hunted and fished for food. They also gathered plants that could later be

eaten. Nomads moved from one location to another. They needed to move when plants or animals were

scarce. Their survival depended on finding these necessities every day.

According to this passage, why were early people nomads?

• Because they were trying to survive

• Because they needed to find minerals

• Because they needed to build ships

• Because they were governed by a king

Which of the four major oceans is number “11”?

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

Identify which continent on the map is labeled as number “5”.

• Africa

• Australia

• South America

• Asia

How would you classify the reason for a Paleolithic nomad migrating from one area of the Middle East to another?

• A pull factor for a new job

• A pull factor due to weather conditions

• A pull factor for accessible resources

• A push factor due to war