Unit 1 Vocabulary Test

Archaeology is the study of ______ through an analysis of the items people left behind.

• past societies

• modern technology

• future inventions

• natural disasters

Anthropology is the study of ______ based on artifacts and human fossils.

• human life and culture

• animal behavior

• ancient plants

• geological formations

A hominid is defined as ______.

• humans and other humanlike creatures that walk upright

• ancient reptiles that lived in water

• large mammals with trunks

• prehistoric birds that could not fly

Home sapiens sapiens are ______, a species that appeared in Africa between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago; they were the first anatomically modern humans.

• wise, wise humans

• upright walkers

• tool makers

• fire discoverers

The Out of Africa Theory refers to when ______ began spreading out of Africa to other parts of the world about 100,000 years ago and replacing populations of earlier hominids in Europe and Asia.

• Homo sapiens sapiens

• Neanderthals

• Australopithecus afarensis

• Homo erectus

The keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis is called _________.

• systematic agriculture

• nomadic herding

• industrialization

• urbanization

A skilled worker who makes products such as weapons and jewelry is called an _________

• artisan

• farmer

• merchant

• scribe

The way of life a people follows is called _________.

• culture

• weather

• language

• government

A complex culture in which large numbers of people share a number of common elements such as social structure, religion, and art is called a _________?

• civilization

• community

• colony

• tribe

In early urban civilizations, important and powerful people who supervised rituals aimed at pleasing gods and goddesses were called _________.

• priests

• farmers

• merchants

• artisans