Social Studies Unit 2 Test Review- Prehistory

What is prehistory?

• written records of what happened in the past.

• the time before writing was invented.

• a scientist who studies past human life by analyzing fossils and artifacts.

BCE means

• Before Christ

• Before Common Era

• Before Christ's Era

The Neolithic Era is also called the

• Old Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

• New Stone Age

People who move from place to place and have no settled home are called

• nomads

• hunter-gatherers

• archaeologists

• hominids

The practice of growing crops and raising animals for food is called

• surplus

• agriculture

• hunter-gatherers

• civilization

BC means

• Before Christ

• Before Common Era

• Before Christ's Era

The raising of plants and animals to make them useful to humans is called

• domestication

• specialization

• surplus

• hunter-gatherers

The Paleolithic Era is also called the

• Old Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

• New Stone Age

During what time did people begin to settle down in permanent locations?

• Around 100 BCE

• Neolithic Era

• Paleolithic Era

• The 1800's

Which of these was a result of having a surplus of food?

• More people could farm.

• There was a drought.

• People started to observe megafauna, like the giant ground sloth.

• Jobs became specialized so that people worked on one particular task.