Copy of Unit Post-Test

Social scientists are scholars who study

• animal behavior.

• dinosaur skeletons.

• human society.

• astronomy.

People who study the past are most like

• artists.

• builders.

• detectives.

• teachers.

Why do historians read diaries and letters from the past?

• to agree on plans for the future

• to compare their ideas of history

• to learn to speak an ancient language

• to find out what happened and why

What unique challenge does the study of prehistoric history present?

• written records that cannot be read

• conflicting views in ancient diaries

• lack of evidence from the period

• huge amounts of artifacts to analyze

If ancient paintings were found in a cave, which of these questions would be the hardest to answer?

• Why did people paint in caves?

• What type of paint did people use?

• What did people paint pictures of?

• What did people use for paintbrushes?

How did prehistoric artists deal with the uneven surfaces of the caves?

• They only painted animals on the uneven surfaces.

• They did not paint in caves with uneven surfaces.

• They included uneven surfaces as part of their composition.

• They were forced to paint around any cracks in the caves.

Modern humans belong to which hominin group?

• Homo sapiens

• Homo Erectus

• Homo Neanderthalensis

• Denisovans

Between 4000 and 1000 B.C.E., many SMALLER TRIBES were combined into

• larger city-states.

• small empires.

• two governments.

• fallen civilizations.

Throughout ancient history, human settlement has depended on

• climate

• geography

• physical features

• all of the above

As cities continued to grow, a new form of state developed, called

• tribes

• empires

• villages

• kingdoms