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1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 Review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How long ago did Otzi live?

a)

About 500 years ago.

b)

Almost 4,000 years ago.

c)

About 2,500 years ago.

d)

Over 5,000 years ago.

2.

The Neolithic Age starts after the ____________ Age.

a)

Mesolithic

b)

Minor Stone

c)

Middle Stone

d)

Paleolithic

3.

What change began the Neolithic Age?

a)

hunting

b)

farming

c)

trading

d)

building

4.

What is another name for the Neolithic Age?

a)

Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Old Stone Age

d)

The Ice Age

5.
A person who moves from place to place in search of food
a)
Migration
b)
Culture
c)
Nomad
d)
Artisan
6.
What era is the Old Stone age known as?
a)
Hunting Era
b)
Paleolithic Era
c)
Gathering Era
d)
Ice era
7.
Lived by hunting small animals and gathering plants
a)
Scientists
b)
archeologist
c)
Romans
d)
Hunter-gatherers
8.

Paleolithic humans created cave paintings. This is an example of...

a)

music

b)

science

c)

culture

d)

language

9.

What is the process of humans learning to raise and control plants and animals?

a)

paleolithic

b)

hunting and gathering

c)

domestication

d)

nomad

10.

Which of the following is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?

a)

raising animals such as goats

b)

making flour from wheat

c)

gathering fruits and nuts

d)

growing vegetables

11.

What's an example of megafauna?

a)

human bones

b)

growing plants

c)

artifacts

d)

saber-toothed cat

12.

Paleolithic cave art typically showed pictures of what?

a)

megafauna

b)

human facial details

c)

plants and large vegetation

d)

boats and chariots

13.

Which of the following is a characteristic of CULTURE of some early humans?

a)

They buried their dead.

b)

They lived during the Paleolithic Age.

c)

The built complex cities.

d)

They were able to run long distances.

14.

Which animal was the first to be domesticated?

a)

Cat

b)

Pig

c)

Horse

d)

Dog

15.

What event probably motivated homo sapiens to move out of East Africa between 100,000-75,000 BCE?

a)

an earthquake

b)

a flood

c)

a drought

d)

a fire

16.

What is megafauna?

a)

large plants

b)

large computer chips

c)

only large deer

d)

large animals

17.

What was the name of the ancient land bridge that connected the continents of Asia and North America?

a)

Beringia

b)

Bora Bora

c)

Brasilia

d)

Big Bridge

18.

Think about the adaptations Paleolithic people made to survive in changing environmental conditions. What can you infer about their intelligence?

a)

Paleolithic adults were about as smart as two-year-old humans today.

b)

Paleolithic people were about as smart as chimpanzees today.

c)

Paleolithic people were not very intelligent.

d)

Paleolithic people were highly intelligent and creative.

19.

How did the Ice Age make large scale migration to the Americas possible?

a)

it increased the amount of food in North America

b)

it made a drought

c)

it encouraged people to leave the desert conditions in Asia

d)

It created a land bridge between Siberia and North America.

20.

On which continent did early humans first evolve?

a)

North America

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

21.

The Paleolithic humans made...

a)

metal tools.

b)

wooden tools.

c)

stone tools.

22.

Early humans had to forage for their food, meaning

a)

farming

b)

growing crops

c)

raising sheep and goats

d)

hunting and gathering

23.
In response to climate changes, people began to migrate, or move to new places
a)
True
b)
False
24.
During ___________, glaciers, large mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain or across land, covered much of the land.
a)
Renaissance 
b)
Ice Age
c)
Middle Age
d)
Cold Age
25.

How would a change in sea level have affected where people migrated? (Think of our map)

a)

Given people more places to migrate to

b)

Given people fewer places to migrate to

c)

A change in sea level would not have affected where people migrated

26.

How is a fossil different from an artifact?

a)

A fossil is the remains of a long-ago organism, while an artifact is a human-made object.

b)

A fossil is a type of tool, while an artifact is a human-made object.

c)

A fossil is a nomad, and an artifact is a farmer.

d)

A fossil is a dinosaur, and an artifact is a mammal.

27.

What is an oasis?

a)

long period of hot ,dry weather

b)

a fertile, green area of water in a desert

c)

drought

d)

a land bridge

28.

Which word means "Tools and techniques that people use to accomplish things?"

a)

cave art

b)

technology

c)

oasis

d)

megafauna

29.

another word for farming

a)

agriculture

b)

domestication

c)

megalith

d)

hominid

30.

What was a characteristic of the last Ice Age?

a)

glaciers covered much of northern Europe and North America

b)

humans built cities

c)

the seven continents drifted together

d)

all life on earth was killed by ice

31.

When was the last Ice age?

a)

20,000-12,000 BCE

b)

18,000-10,000 BCE

c)

10,000-2,000 BCE

d)

1920-1928 CE

32.

What are artifacts?

a)

old glaciers from the last Ice Age

b)

alien rocks like meteors that crashed on earth

c)

the remains of humans that fossilized

d)

human-made objects such as stone tools

33.

How old are the oldest homo sapien skulls, which indicates our particular human species is "relatively" recent, since life began hundreds of millions of years ago.

a)

2.5 million years old

b)

10 million years old

c)

195,000 years old

d)

90,000 years old.

34.

On which continents to the first humans evolve?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

35.

What does paleolithic mean? (as in Paleolithic Age)

a)

old stone

b)

new stone

c)

medieval

d)

renaissance

36.

What is NOT an element of culture?

a)

law and government

b)

religion or spirituality

c)

music and language

d)

having 10 fingers

37.

What is one reason anthropologists and archaeologists study the past (from 1.2, The Elements of Culture)

a)

So that we can hopefully go back in time and change the past.

b)

So that we can be judgmental and talk about how stupid and uncivilized people used to be.

c)

So we can better understand the present and predict the future.

38.
Farming and Domestication of Animals resulted in the beginning of....
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Metal Age
c)
Neolithic Age
d)
Fire Age
39.
People who migrate from place to place are called...
a)
farmers
b)
paleolithic
c)
laborers
d)
nomads
40.
having more than is needed
a)
specialization
b)
technology
c)
surplus
d)
extra
41.
The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans-
a)
mastered fire.
b)
developed agriculture and settled down.
c)
migrated from Africa.
d)
organized governments
42.
The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans-
a)
mastered fire.
b)
developed agriculture and settled down.
c)
migrated from Africa.
d)
organized governments
43.
another word for farming
a)
agriculture
b)
technology
c)
specialization
d)
shrine
44.
What method did communities use that assured of more animal products to eat?
a)
surplus
b)
crop rotation
c)
specialization
d)
domestication
45.

Because the conditions for farming were good, the first civilizations arose

a)

in the mountains

b)

in river valleys

c)

by the sea

d)

in the desert

46.
Which of the following would be considered a fossil?
a)
decayed plant remains
b)
clay pots
c)
scrolls 
d)
arrowhead
47.

________ eventually replaced hunting and gathering as the main source of food.

a)

fishing

b)

farming

c)

McDonald's

d)

scavaging

48.

As food became more abundant, fewer people were needed in the fields. As a result, some people

a)

went back to hunting and gathering

b)

started domesticating animals

c)

became artisans, or skilled workers

d)

moved out of the villages