Prehistory to Civilization Unit Test

Archaeologists refer to the period of time before people invented writing systems as

(a)  

• geography

• prehistory
• technology

• archaeology

Historians are like archaeologists in that they both study how people lived by examining ______.

(a)  

• longitude and latitude

• plants and animals

• artifacts
• regions

Which of the following statements does NOT describe life in the Old Stone Age?

• Paleolithic people moved from place to place following game animals

• Paleolithic people lived in small hunting and food-gathering groups

• Paleolithic people produced their own crops and stayed in one place

• Paleolithic people were completely dependent on their environment for survival

Where did the first cities emerge?

• along trade routes

• in river valleys

• along the Mediterranean coast

• in the Americas

Which of the following was another characteristic of the Paleolithic Age?

• Farming Villages

• Organized Government

• Hunting and Gathering

• Domestication of Animals

Which of the following did not caused ancient civilizations to change?

(a)  

• trade

• law
• warfare

• migration

What part of the world did the first hominids come from?

(a)  

• Europe

• North and South America

• Asia and Australia

• Africa

Complex societies with advanced knowledge of farming, trade, government and art are

• cultures.

• cooperatives.

• civilizations.

• agricultural villages.

Bronze became a favored material for tools and weapons, which of the following 2 metals create bronze?

• Gold/Tin

• Copper/Tin

• Iron/Copper

• Silver/Copper

People who specialized in jobs and became skilled craftworkers were known as

• artisans.

• priests.

• nobles.

• peasant farmers.