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SS chapter 1 test

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The study of our natural surroundings.
a)
globe
b)
geography
c)
longitude
d)
physical features
2.

People who study human history usually have to be

a)

paleontologists to study remains

b)

geographers who are map makers

c)

detectives to look for clues

d)

William digging for fossils near a site

3.

The three types of experts who study ancient history are:

a)

paleontologist, biologist, and philosophers

b)

biologist, philosophers, and geologists

c)

archeologists, historians, and geographers

d)

geologists, geographers and biologists

4.

Historians

a)

are the recorders of the past and try to understand what happened

b)

are people who map out where the history took place

c)

are the scholars who study dinosaurs

d)

are students named Bradley

5.

Cave art provide

a)

clues to what life was like before writing

b)

can be beautiful and fun to look at

c)

clues to how people liked graffitti

d)

clues to what they used for paint

6.

When looking at cave art

a)

historians have guessed at what people did to create the paintings

b)

historians have tried to recreate the same paintings

c)

historians could not figure out how they got the paintings high up on the ceiling

d)

Ryan was able to reach the ceiling with a ladder to make the paintings

7.

This painting gives clues that

a)

this may be a hunting ritual

b)

this may be a drawing done for fun

c)

this may be clues to show how the animal looks like

d)

this is a man on the ground and next to him is a duck and they are scared of the buffalo

8.

Archeologist

a)

an expert who studies and creates maps

b)

an expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind

c)

an expert who studies & records the past

d)

before written history

9.

Artifacts

a)

an expert who studies & records the past

b)

an object made or used by people in the past

c)

study of the distant past

d)

before written history

10.

Prehistoric

a)

an object made or used by people in the past

b)

before written history

c)

study of the distant past

d)

an expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind

11.

Ritual

a)

an expert who studies & records the past

b)

before written history

c)

an object made or used by people in the past

d)

relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony

12.

Cave art provides ___________ about how people lived long ago.

a)

clues

b)

diaries

c)

fur

d)

minerals

13.

Cave art might have been created to __________ important events.

a)

signatures

b)

clues

c)

record

d)

letters

14.

People who study the past are most like

a)

teachers

b)

artists

c)

detectives

d)

builders

15.

Which of these activities would an archeologist do?

a)

read documents

b)

study Earth's features

c)

examine objects

d)

make maps

16.

You have found this spear thrower with its detailed carving. What does it say about the person who used it?

a)

Hunting was very important to this person.

b)

This person was very strong.

c)

Painting was very important to this person.

d)

This person prayed to animals.

17.

What do historians study to find out more information about Native Americans?

a)

artifacts

b)

mountains

c)

documentaries

d)

stories

18.
The first humans appeared in what continent and began migrating all over the world
a)
Australia
b)
Antarctica
c)
Africa
d)
North America
19.
A weapon, tool, or other item made by humans is a/an
a)
artifact.
b)
nomad.
c)
fossil.
d)
historian.
20.
Scientists theorize that different hominids existed over millions of years and changed over time in body and brain size.  Gradually hominids were able to make more advanced tools, shelters, and clothing.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
A fossil might preserve 
a)
art work
b)
sizes and shapes of buildings
c)
bones and teeth
d)
burial grounds
22.
The Paleolithic Age is
a)
New Stone Age
b)
not proven to have existed
c)
usually known as the Primitive Age
d)
the period in which humans used simple stone tools
23.
the written and recorded events of people
a)
History
b)
Prehistory
c)
Oral traditions 
d)
Civilization
24.
a person who has no single, settled home
a)
Nomad
b)
Archaeologist
c)
Artisan
d)
Civilization