Chapter 4 Test

A nomad is a person that moves from place to place.

• True

• False

During the most recent Ice Age, the water level of the oceans was lowered, which exposed a land bridge from Asia to North America.

• True

• False

A monarchy is a type of government led by a king or queen.

• True

• False

A shrine is a place people store extra food.

• True

• False

Agriculture is the development of certain skills for certain jobs.

• True

• False

A mixture of copper and tin is _____

• silver

• bronze

• gold

• stone

Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the Earth.

• stone age

• ice age

• winter

• blizzard

Taming an animal for use by humans

• owing a pet

• training

• domestication

• non-domesticated

Why was the discovery of bronze an important breakthrough at the end of the Neolithic Age?

• bronze is stronger than stone

• it was prettier

• there was more bronze than stone around

• it was easier to carry