Quiz on Human History and Prehistoric Periods

What is the process of taming animals for human purposes called?

• Nomads

• Forager

• Domestication

• Ice Age

Who are people that move from place to place?

• Forager

• Nomads

• Domestication

• Ice Age

What term describes a long period of extreme cold that affected the earth?

• Forager

• Ice Age

• Domestication

• Nomads

Who is a person that lives by gathering food?

• Forager

• Nomads

• Domestication

• Ice Age

The "old stone age" was during which period?

• Neolithic period

• Bronze Age

• Paleolithic period

• Mesolithic period

Semi-nomadic refers to what kind of lifestyle?

• Permanent settlement

• Seasonal migration with a base

• Constant movement without a base

• Urban living

The Bronze Age is known for the use of which material?

• Iron

• Silver

• Bronze

• Gold

What do we call a person who studies human history through the excavation of sites and artifacts?

• Anthropologist

• Genealogist

• Archaeologist

• Historian

What is the term for a prolonged period of reduced temperature and increased glaciation on Earth?

• Ice Age

• Bronze Age

• Mesolithic Period

• Neolithic Period

True or False: The "old stone age" was during the Neolithic period.

• True

• False