World History Topic #1 Test

Bricks were a popular building material of Neolithic people.

• True

• False

Archaeologists spend time finding and studying ancient fossils and artifacts.

• True

• False

The earliest period of human prehistory is called the Stone Age because early humans

• Lived in stone houses

• made their first tools from stone

• made detailed carvings in stone

• lived in very rocky terrain

One of the benefits that resulted when humans began to farm was

• the ability to move to new areas to settle

• having more food to meet the challenges of ice ages

• the ability to give up hunting and fishing

• producing a surplus of food that helped population growth

What are scientist who study the artifacts of early civilizations called?

• Archaeologists
• Anthropologists
• Historians
• Paleontologists

Which is the proper chronological order of early human time periods?

• Iron Age, Bronze Age, Neolithic, Mesolithic, Paleolithic
• Mesolithic, Iron Age, Bronze Age, Paleolithic, Neolithic
• Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age

• Neolithic, Paleolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Mesolithic

During which era did the first civilizations emerge?

• Iron Age
• Middle Ages
• Bronze Age
• Industrial Revolution

Paleolithic people survived by

• domesticating animals
• hunting and gathering
• farming and fishing
• trading with other tribes

The discovery of shrines at Neolithic sites suggests that

• Religion was important to Neolithic People

• Neolithic communities were primarily nomadic.
• Shrines were only used for storage purposes.
• Neolithic sites lacked any form of social structure.

One of the most important technological developments of the Bronze Age was

• the development of bronze metallurgy
• the creation of written language
• the discovery of fire
• the invention of the wheel