WorksheetsSocial Studies Chapter 1 Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is an atlatl?
spear
axe
knife
spear-thrower
Which animal did early peoples depend on for food, clothing, shelter, and tools?
lion
mammoth
sabertooth-tiger
giant sloth
After early peoples no longer had to spend all their time searching for food, they became skilled:
potters
traders
builders
weavers
all of the answers are correct
What is the name of the land bridge that once connected Asia and North America?
Pangea
Land Bridge
Beringia
The Way
During the last Ice Age, the oceans became shallower because much of the water was locked up in:
glaciers
mountains
rivers
lakes
What is Meadowcroft Rock Shelter?
A field that has a lot of rocks.
A shelter made of rocks that was discovered last year.
An Ice Age campsite.
A tent that is in a meadow.
As the environment changed, and the huge Ice Age animals died out, early peoples had to change their ways of life. They started to...
fish, farm, and hunt large animals.
farm and hunt large animals.
fish, gather more plants, and hunt elk.
fish, gather more plants, and hunt smaller animals.
People were able to keep a surplus of _______ after the development of agriculture.
games
weapons
food
tools
A clovis, or spear point was made by flaking off _______ into a point.
metal and bone
bone and stone
bone and sticks
sticks and stone
What crop gave early peoples more food than any other crop?
pumpkins
squash
avocados
corn
northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast
cardinal directions
intermediate directions
1,000 years
decade
century
millenium
corn
yummy, yellow stuff
maize
nomad
surplus
A voluntary or forced movement of people or animals from one place to another
tribe
migration
nomad
archaeologist
100 years
decade
century
millenium
Something that proves something, proof
specialize
theory
origin story
evidence
More than is needed
surplus
specialize
band
artifact
Way of life
agriculture
origin story
culture
nomad
A group of people with a shared culture and land
nomad
archaeologist
tribe
band
A wanderer with no settled home
archaeologist
nomad
technology
band
Scientists who study the culture of peoples long ago
band
tribe
nomad
archaeologist
Events on a diagram in the order they happened
timeline
artifact
origin story
theory
10 years
decade
century
millenium
A huge sheet of ice
artifact
glacier
theory
agriculture
North, south, east, west
Intermediate directions
Cardinal directions
A belief about God or gods
religion
specialize
technology
origin story
The use of scientific knowledge or tools to make or do something
agriculture
specialize
artifact
technology
An object that early peoples left behind
maize
band
artifact
a cell phone
A story that tells of peoples' beliefs about the world and their place in it
theory
origin story
extinct
culture
A possible explanation for something
religion
theory
origin story
culture
Dying out
extinct
band
berry-eater
theory
Work on a job you can do well
specialize
tribe
agriculture
band
A small group of people who work together to do things, such as hunting
tribe
band
A rock band
Farming
Agriculture
Potatoes
Corn
About 10,000 years ago or so, animals weighing 100 lbs. or more were gone from the Americas. Which 4 animals did we discuss?
sabertooth tigers, camels, dinosaurs, and horses
horses, camels, mammoths, dinosaurs
dinosaurs, sloths, sabertooth tigers, and mammoths
sabertooth tigers, camels, horses, and mammoths
