Ch. 1 L2 Quiz

What is branch of science that studies human life and culture?

• Biology
• Archaeology
• Anatomy
• Anthropology

A switch from nomadic hunting-gathering societies to settled agriculture at or near large bodies of water is known as - ?

• The Agricultural Revolution
• The Pre-Cambrian Revolution
• The Cambrian Revolution
• The Neolithic Revolution

Scientists believe the first humans may have come from -?

• Asia
• Australia
• Africa
• Europe

Hunter/Gatherer

• A flat representation of the curved surface of the earth. 
• An account by someone who witnessed the event
• The New Stone Age; where people used complex tools and fire 
• People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits and nuts to survive 

How might early people have crossed from Asia into North America?

• Island cluster
• Mountain range
• Land bridge
• Peninsula

What is this an example of? (Lascaux)

• Fossils
• Photographs
• Cave paintings
• Pottery

Equator 

• The era that we live in today 
• an object created by humans
• an imaginary line that runs east and west 
• farming 

Which of the following BEST describes an ice age?

• A winter where there is a lot of ice and snow.
• A year of very low temperatures when all water freeze.
• A time when glaciers cover much of the land and sea.
• A place where animals and plants cannot survive.

Which geographical feature is a necessity for early settlements? 

• plains
• fresh water
• mountains
• warm climate

An early ancestor of humans

• agriculture
• hominid
• migrate
• nomad