WH/WGI Common Assessment #1 Review

What allowed early humans to migrate from Asia to North America?

• islands created by volcanoes

• a land bridge

• one combined landmass

• waters that they could sail on

What material did early hunter-gatherers use to make tools?

• bronze

• copper

• steel

• stone

How did fire help early people?

• for cooking food

• for fighting with enemies

• for farming

• for building cities

In what era did humans begin to farm?

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic

• Bronze

• Iron

The development of permanent settlements lead to ________.

• new religions

• less resources for food

• social systems

• more hunter-gatherer tribes

Cave drawings allow us to study the _________ of prehistoric people.

• daily lives

• languages

• recorded history

• farming abilities

What kind of things do archaeologists study?

• human skeletons

• artifacts

• social systems

• fossils

What continent did homo sapiens originally come from?

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• Australia

Which of the following archaeological sites is located in England?

• Stonehenge

• Aleppo

• Jericho

• Machu Picchu

The Fertile Crescent is an area of land located between the ________ and the __________.

• Mediterranean Sea / Persian Gulf

• Atlantic Ocean /

  North Sea

• Pacific Ocean /

  Indian Ocean

• Black Sea /

  Red Sea