Unit 1 WH II Prehistory Quiz

A material object shaped by man

• shaman

• anthropology

• Nomad

• primary document

• artifact

Choose the event that happened first.

• end of the last Ice Age

• first stone tools created

• Appearance of Neanderthal Man

• Use of metals

Donald Johnson and Mary Leakey are famous for

• studying early alphabets

• discovering prehistoric calendars

• anthropological study of early hominids

• studies of the Neolithic Revolution

Australopithecus, the ancestor of Homo sapiens is believed to have first emerged in

• Africa

• Asia

• North America

• The Pacific Islands

We think that Neanderthal people probably had some religious beliefs because there is some evidence that they

• kept written records

• buried their dead

• painted pictures on cave walls

• built temples

The most important event of the Neolithic period was the

• use of fire

• development of agriculture

• making pottery

• making polished stone tools

The term Neolithic Revolution refers to

• advances in art

• shift from food gathering to food producing

• revolt of Cro-Magnon man against Neanderthal man

• discovery of fire

When different people perform different jobs it is known as

• cultural diffusion

• division of labor

• advance of technical skills

• organized government

The first civilizations developed in

• forests

• river valleys

• highlands

• grassy plains

Calendars were an important development because early people needed to know

• the time to choose leaders

• when to move to a new food source

• when the seasons would change

• how to worship gods