TCAP Review Week 1

Which is the best description of a nomadic group of people?

• people who live in a city or state
• people who live in houses and drive cars
• people who move from place to place in search of food
• people who grow crops and stay in one place permanently

Which best describes the Neolithic Era?

• Major battles fought between people of Asia and Africa
• The shift from hunting and food gathering to food producing
• The shift from food gathering to hunting
• Major battle fought between the people of Asia

How did domestication affect community life?

• People did not need tools.
• People searched for different foods.
• People did not need to hunt for food anymore.
• People had less food.

Why did people change from hunter-gatherers to village dwellers?

• Game animals became extinct
• Farming allowed people to stay in one place
• Moving constantly was difficult for most children
• People wanted to connect with their family members

What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?

• They required humans to stand close to animals when hunting.
• They increased chances for survival.
• They decreased chances for survival.
• They allowed more animals to graze the fields.

To tame plants and animals

• nomad
• domesticate
• migrate
• agriculture

The period of time before written records

• Beringia
• Prehistory
• Migrate
• Ancestor

The first part of the Stone Age

• Paleolithic
• Mesolithic
• Neolithic
• Terrific

What change marked the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution? 

• beginning of hunting and gathering
• man learned to write
• man began farming
• man built towns and cities

Humans are believed to have originated on what continent?

• Africa
• Asia
• Australia 
• Antarctica