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Social Studies Chapter 1 Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an atlatl?

a)

spear

b)

axe

c)

knife

d)

spear-thrower

2.

Which animal did early peoples depend on for food, clothing, shelter, and tools?

a)

lion

b)

mammoth

c)

sabertooth-tiger

d)

giant sloth

3.

After early peoples no longer had to spend all their time searching for food, they became skilled:

a)

potters

b)

traders

c)

builders

d)

weavers

e)

all of the answers are correct

4.

What is the name of the land bridge that once connected Asia and North America?

a)

Pangea

b)

Land Bridge

c)

Beringia

d)

The Way

5.

During the last Ice Age, the oceans became shallower because much of the water was locked up in:

a)

glaciers

b)

mountains

c)

rivers

d)

lakes

6.

What is Meadowcroft Rock Shelter?

a)

A field that has a lot of rocks.

b)

A shelter made of rocks that was discovered last year.

c)

An Ice Age campsite.

d)

A tent that is in a meadow.

7.

As the environment changed, and the huge Ice Age animals died out, early peoples had to change their ways of life. They started to...

a)

fish, farm, and hunt large animals.

b)

farm and hunt large animals.

c)

fish, gather more plants, and hunt elk.

d)

fish, gather more plants, and hunt smaller animals.

8.

People were able to keep a surplus of _______ after the development of agriculture.

a)

games

b)

weapons

c)

food

d)

tools

9.

A clovis, or spear point was made by flaking off _______ into a point.

a)

metal and bone

b)

bone and stone

c)

bone and sticks

d)

sticks and stone

10.

What crop gave early peoples more food than any other crop?

a)

pumpkins

b)

squash

c)

avocados

d)

corn

11.

northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast

a)

cardinal directions

b)

intermediate directions

12.

1,000 years

a)

decade

b)

century

c)

millenium

13.

corn

a)

yummy, yellow stuff

b)

maize

c)

nomad

d)

surplus

14.

A voluntary or forced movement of people or animals from one place to another

a)

tribe

b)

migration

c)

nomad

d)

archaeologist

15.

100 years

a)

decade

b)

century

c)

millenium

16.

Something that proves something, proof

a)

specialize

b)

theory

c)

origin story

d)

evidence

17.

More than is needed

a)

surplus

b)

specialize

c)

band

d)

artifact

18.

Way of life

a)

agriculture

b)

origin story

c)

culture

d)

nomad

19.

A group of people with a shared culture and land

a)

nomad

b)

archaeologist

c)

tribe

d)

band

20.

A wanderer with no settled home

a)

archaeologist

b)

nomad

c)

technology

d)

band

21.

Scientists who study the culture of peoples long ago

a)

band

b)

tribe

c)

nomad

d)

archaeologist

22.

Events on a diagram in the order they happened

a)

timeline

b)

artifact

c)

origin story

d)

theory

23.

10 years

a)

decade

b)

century

c)

millenium

24.

A huge sheet of ice

a)

artifact

b)

glacier

c)

theory

d)

agriculture

25.

North, south, east, west

a)

Intermediate directions

b)

Cardinal directions

26.

A belief about God or gods

a)

religion

b)

specialize

c)

technology

d)

origin story

27.

The use of scientific knowledge or tools to make or do something

a)

agriculture

b)

specialize

c)

artifact

d)

technology

28.

An object that early peoples left behind

a)

maize

b)

band

c)

artifact

d)

a cell phone

29.

A story that tells of peoples' beliefs about the world and their place in it

a)

theory

b)

origin story

c)

extinct

d)

culture

30.

A possible explanation for something

a)

religion

b)

theory

c)

origin story

d)

culture

31.

Dying out

a)

extinct

b)

band

c)

berry-eater

d)

theory

32.

Work on a job you can do well

a)

specialize

b)

tribe

c)

agriculture

d)

band

33.

A small group of people who work together to do things, such as hunting

a)

tribe

b)

band

c)

A rock band

34.

Farming

a)

Agriculture

b)

Potatoes

c)

Corn

35.

About 10,000 years ago or so, animals weighing 100 lbs. or more were gone from the Americas. Which 4 animals did we discuss?

a)

sabertooth tigers, camels, dinosaurs, and horses

b)

horses, camels, mammoths, dinosaurs

c)

dinosaurs, sloths, sabertooth tigers, and mammoths

d)

sabertooth tigers, camels, horses, and mammoths