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First Cultures Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the job of an Archaeologist?

a)

to study past cultures, human remains, settlements, and artifacts

b)

To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs

c)

To find cool stuff underground

d)

To study the relationship between geography and fossils

2.

Why did early humans move from place to place?

a)

Following animal migration

b)

Following the wind

c)

Because they were bored

d)

To discover new continents

3.

Choose the era: nomadic, first tools, fire, clans, oral language, and cave art

a)

The Paleolithic Era

b)

The Neolithic Era

c)

The Middle Era

d)

The Last Era

4.

Choose the era: agriculture, domesticated animals, advanced tools, pottery, weaving skills

a)

The Paleolithic Era

b)

The Neolithic Era

c)

The Middle Era

d)

The Last Era

5.

What did early humans domesticate?

a)

Plants and animals that met human needs

b)

Artifacts

c)

Fossils

d)

Lost children

6.
What did people develop that allowed them to stay in one place?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Telephone numbers
c)
Bird Houses
d)
Archeologist
7.
Time before written history
a)
Prehistory
b)
Post-history
c)
Living History
d)
Real history
8.
A historic object made or used by humans, such as a tool, ornament or pottery
a)
Artifact
b)
Fossil
c)
Both
d)
Neither
9.
What does the word surplus  mean?
a)
Extra (more than needed)
b)
Less than needed
c)
Only what you need
d)
To tame or train
10.
What does the word domesticate mean?
a)
Tame or Train
b)
Take from someone
c)
going from place to place
d)
to live in a city
11.

Beringia was a land bridge that connected what two areas of land

a)

Africa and Australia

b)

Asia and North America

c)

North and South America

d)

Asia and Australia

12.

What was the oldest Stone Age period called?

a)

Mesolithic Age

b)

Neolithic Age

c)

Paleolithic Age

d)

Careolithic Age

13.

Early humans (homo sapiens) originated on what continent?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

14.

Farming and owning domesticated animals gave Neolithic people...

a)

a more reliable food source

b)

a new level of safety

c)

a desire to get rich

d)

power and authority

15.
Moving from place to place is called?
a)
nomads
b)
ancestors
c)
migration
d)
push and pull factors
16.

Which vocabulary word best matches this picture?

a)

sharing

b)

barter

c)

agriculture

d)

hunter-gatherers