PREHISTORY: TRUE OR FALSE?

Archaeologists are only concerned with written records in order to understand the past.

• True

• False

Once archaeologists determine what the past was like, their ideas never change.

• True

• False

Prehistoric people provided insight into their lives through cave paintings.

• True

• False

Rivers, like the Nile and the Tigris and Euphrates, helped early civilizations grow and thrive

• True

• False

Tools and technology played an important role in the development of civilizations.

• True

• False

Farming had little to do with the development of civilizations.

• True

• False

Ancient civilizations were all distinct, with very little in common with each other.

• True

• False

Life in ancient civilizations has nothing in common with our modern way of life.

• True

• False

Writing was an important feature of ancient civilizations.

• True

• False

Natural resources were important in the past and are still important today

• True

• False