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SS Chapter 1 - Digging up the Past

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of these happened during the Ice Age?

a)

People started to farm

b)

Clovis artifacts were found

c)

Clovis people started making handmade tools

d)

Artifacts were found in South America

2.

How do archaeologists learn about ancient people?

a)

by studying their writings

b)

by studying the sky

c)

by watching YouTube

d)

by analyzing their artifacts

3.

What's the correct order?

a)

Beringia is uncovered, migration to North America, Ice Age ends

b)

Ice Age ends, Beringia forms, migration to North America

c)

Migration to North America, Ice Age ends, Beringia forms.

d)

Beringia is uncovered, Ice Age ends, migration to North America

4.

Which marks the beginning of the New Stone Age?

a)

Social divisions

b)

Domestication of plants

c)

The use of polished rock tools

d)

Domestication of animals

5.

Who studies ancient people and their artifacts?

a)

historian

b)

biologist

c)

archaeologist

d)

geographer

6.

Who did scientists believe the Clovis people were for many years?

a)

The first people to leave Africa

b)

The first people to make arrowheads

c)

The first people in Asia

d)

The first Americans

7.

What does it mean to domesticate plants and animals?

a)

To make them wild

b)

To make them ancient

c)

To hunt them

d)

To tame them

8.

Customs, beliefs, and technology are all part of culture.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What did surplus food lead to during the Stone Age?

a)

Domestication of crops

b)

Social divisions in the community

c)

Use of polished rock tools

d)

People running out of food more quickly

10.

Which animals did early humans domesticate?

a)

Those they could sell for money

b)

Those that met people's needs

c)

Those that made good pets

d)

Those that lived in the New Stone Age

11.

What did cultures rely on for survival and development?

a)

Instructions from their elders

b)

Prayers to the crop gods

c)

Available resources

d)

Mild climate

12.

What do archaeologists consider old tools, jewelry, and weapons that they find?

a)

Technology

b)

Artifacts

c)

Things that only rich people had

d)

Nice to find, but nothing special

13.

How did the Beringia land bridge form?

a)

Ancient people built a bridge

b)

It was made of ice

c)

Water levels were lower during the Ice Age so land was exposed

d)

People built a mountain of land to cross

14.

What was the period of time called before writing and written language was formed?

a)

Beringia

b)

History

c)

Prehistory

d)

Ice Age

15.

Climate, landforms, and natural resources are all part of a culture's development

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What is it called when people harvest more crops than they need?

a)

Surplus

b)

Technology

c)

Agriculture

d)

Social Division

17.

What are nomads?

a)

Animals used for farming

b)

People who domesticated plants and animals

c)

The first people to settle in an area

d)

People who migrate from place to place

18.

Because of extra supplies, Stone Age villages were able to start dividing up work which formed

a)

Social divisions

b)

Technology

c)

Excavation sites

d)

Agriculture

19.

What could a domesticated animal provide? Check all that apply.

a)

Wool

b)

Milk

c)

A cute pet to cuddle

d)

Coffee

20.

Which two things contributed to the lifestyle change from hunter/gatherer to farmer?

a)

grocery stores

b)

surplus

c)

religion

d)

social division

21.

When did early humans make greater improvements in technology?

a)

The Ice Age

b)

The Old Stone Age

c)

The New Stone Age

d)

The annual harvest

22.

More progress in technology

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Both

23.

Rough stone tools

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Both

24.

Used animal hide for clothing and shelter

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Both

25.

Only hunter/gatherer lifestyle

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Both

26.

Farming, domestication of plants and animals, and settlements began during this time

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Both

27.

Used stone, wood, and bone for tools

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Both

28.

What could cause groups living in different regions to develop differently? Check all that apply.

a)

Chocolate - yes please!

b)

Types of resources available to them

c)

Climate

d)

Location, like if they live by an ocean (Take me to a beach anytime!)

29.

Polished stone tools

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Both

30.

Much longer period of time, little progress was made.

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Both