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6W SS Early Humans/Civilization Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the options below IS NOT one of the 6 components of CULTURE?

a)

Economy

b)

Government

c)

Technology

d)

Agriculture

2.

Because early humans developed irrigation systems, they...

a)

could keep the soil for their farmland moist, which meant more crops could grow to feed the community.

b)

had to walk further to get water to drink.

c)

worried that the animals wouldn't have any water to drink.

d)

never needed to grow crops again!

3.

The early humans who lived in the earliest civilizations like Catal Huyuk chose to settle near water, as well as the mountains, because...

a)

the scenery was beautiful.

b)

no one else had already settled there and it was peaceful.

c)

there were many animals and fish wandering around to be a food source.

d)

they both provide protection from predators.

4.

When using timelines, we use the labels BC/BCE and AD/CE. We understand that dates labeled with BC/BCE... (CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS)

a)

come after the "0" year and show the period we are living in right now.

b)

come before the "0" year and show the period of time we call "prehistory."

c)

stand for Before Christ/Before Common Era.

d)

stand for Before Christmas/Before Classic Era.

5.

What century was I born in, if I was born in 1675?

a)

14th century

b)

15th century

c)

16th century

d)

17th century

6.

True or False: Because someone who writes a secondary source writes AFTER an event has taken place, he/she can show a more well-rounded, less-biased interpretation of the past.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

True or False: A primary source runs the risk of being biased because they are firsthand accounts of someone's viewpoint or memory of an event.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Choose the correct type of source for this example: "I read a letter that a US military man wrote to his wife from when he served in the war in Afghanistan.

a)

PRIMARY SOURCE

b)

SECONDARY SOURCE

9.

Choose the correct type of source for this example: A book whose author researched the events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and presents a new reason/theory for his assassination.

a)

PRIMARY SOURCE

b)

SECONDARY SOURCE

10.

What is a characteristic of a nomadic society?

a)

farming

b)

livestock

c)

technology

d)

movement

11.

Which is an example of early technology?

a)

developing language

b)

making hunting/building tools

c)

worshiping gods/idols

d)

drawing cave paintings

12.

Which is the following is an activity performed by hunter-gatherers?

a)

collecting wild plants

b)

growing grain crops

c)

raising sheep for wool

d)

training mules for plowing

13.

What is agriculture?

a)

raising livestock for food

b)

planting seeds to raise crops

c)

making tools for farming

d)

using plant materials for clothing

14.

A specialization is a skill in how many kinds of work?

a)

none

b)

few

c)

one

d)

many

15.

Around 500,000 BC/BCE people learned to make and control...

a)

animals

b)

fire

c)

crops

d)

tools

16.

Archeologists have found artifacts to prove that the earliest humans lived in__________________ and first migrated to the ___________________.

a)

Africa, West

b)

Africa, East

c)

Asia, West

d)

Asia, East

17.

During the Ice Age, a land bridge allowed for early humans to travel from Asia to what other continent?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

18.

Complete this analogy:

artifact : human-made object :: fossil :

a)

remains of something that was once alive

b)

job-related object

c)

remains of pottery

d)

food-related object

19.

Complete this analogy:

migration : moving around :: irrigation :

a)

heating a room

b)

watering land/crops

c)

developing language

d)

wandering around

20.

Hominid is a term we use to describe...

a)

early humans that only ate meat

b)

early humans that walked on two feet

c)

early humans that developed fire

d)

early humans that protected their own land