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Origins of Civilization.Prehistory

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study the development of people and societies is called:

a)

historians

b)

archeology

c)

anthropology

d)

agnotology

2.

The discovery of ______ led scientists to believe that ancient people developed skills to survive.

a)

transportation

b)

tools

c)

communities

d)

fire

3.

Which pre-history era appears to have been the period of the most significant development?

a)

New Stone Age (Neolithic Period)

b)

Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Period)

c)

Medieval Period

d)

Jurassic Period

4.

Early humans did not settle in one place. They wandered around in small groups. They were called:

a)

explorers

b)

tribes

c)

barbarians

d)

nomads

5.

The Neolithic period featured people who settled into communities called villages. The Neolithic Revolution introduced:

a)

fire

b)

farming

c)

spears

d)

books

6.

Early villages developed into civilizations that mostly settled near major rivers. This was because:

a)

rivers provided food and water

b)

rivers provided transportation

c)

rivers kept dangerous animals away

d)

Only the first 2 answers are correct

7.

A "civilization" is characterized by having:

a)

an organized government

b)

millions of people

c)

schools

d)

none of the above

8.

Civilizations were often led by chiefs or elders and a social class began to evolve based on the work each person did for the community. This began a social system of:

a)

revolution

b)

ranking

c)

rebellion

d)

cooperation

9.

Early writing was done in the form of:

a)

pictographs

b)

communication

c)

code bars

d)

alphabet

10.

Migration was what led early civilizations to first create:

a)

villages

b)

towns

c)

city-states

d)

empires