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Unit 2 Social Studies Study Review

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An imaginary line going across the center of the Earth horizontally.

a)

Equator

b)

Connection

c)

Region

d)

Push Facto

2.

In the Palaeolithic Period, humans were...

a)

Sedentary

b)

Ugly

c)

Nomads

d)

Sedentary and nomads

3.

When did Prehistory end?

a)

when hominids appeared

b)

When fire was discovered

c)

When writing was invented

d)

When Christ was born

4.

How many periods are there in Prehistory?

a)

five

b)

seven

c)

four

d)

three

5.

What does " nomad" means?

a)

A tribe that stays in the same place

b)

A tribe that lives in caves

c)

A tribe with a lot of warriors

d)

A tribe that travels from place to place.

6.

What is a tribe?

a)

A group a huts

b)

A small group of people

c)

A group of different animals

d)

a big group of people that lives in a citty

7.

The neolithic period began with

a)

The development of agriculture and livestock

b)

When the firt hominids appeared

c)

When the first writing appeared

d)

When humans discovered America

8.

Archaeology means:

a)

the study of ancient people and their culture

b)

the study of the human brain

c)

the study of the past

d)

the study of social interactions

9.

Which continent do historians believe all human beings originate from?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Australia

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

10.

The Stone Age was three periods including the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and ___________ period.

a)

Neolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Paleolithic

11.

Most prehistoric people were nomadic meaning they built permanent houses to live in.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What was the most important discovery in human history?

a)

ice

b)

water

c)

stone

d)

fire

13.

Development of agriculture allowed prehistoric humans to settle down and grow crops for food.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What is prehistory?

a)

period of history when hieroglyphics were used

b)

period of history when cuneiform was used

c)

period of history before written language was invented

15.

What's the meaning of A.D.?

a)

Years and centuries after Jesus was born

b)

Years after Jesus was born

c)

Centuries after Jesus was born

d)

Years before Jesus was born

16.

What's the meaning of B.C?

a)

centuries before Jesus was born

b)

years before Jesus was born

c)

Centuries and years after Jesus was born

d)

Centuries and years before Jesus was born

17.

Tools are made of...

a)

animal skins

b)

stones

c)

woods

d)

animal bones

18.

Who discovered agriculture?

a)

Paleolithic People

b)

Metal age people

c)

Neolithic people

d)

prehistory people

19.

After this was invented, people could transport things more easily

a)

Fire

b)

Agriculture

c)

Wall

d)

Wheel

20.
The name for the New Stone Age
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Mesolithic Age
c)
Neolithic Age
d)
Information Age
21.
What was the distinguishing feature of the Homo Erectus?
a)
They could walk upright
b)
They lived until about 1.5 million years ago
c)
Person who thinks
d)
All of the above
22.
An object made and used by people of the past
a)
Midden
b)
Radiocarbon dating
c)
Artifact
d)
Site
23.
The name for the Old Stone Age
a)
Neolithic
b)
Space Age
c)
Paleolithic
d)
Mesolithic
24.
Which archaeological site is depicted-
a)
Aleppo
b)
Jericho
c)
Stonehenge
d)
Catalyhouk
25.
Scientists believe that Homo sapiens sapiens appeared in _________________ between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago.
a)
North America
b)
Asia
c)
Africa
d)
Europe
26.
What do we call the taming of animals for personal use?
a)
domestication
b)
domination
c)
animalization 
d)
petting zoo
27.
According to the  timeline, when did the Neolithic era begin?
a)
8000 B.C.
b)
4,000 B.C.
c)
14,000 B.C.
d)
10,000 B.C.
28.
What do the initials A.D. stand for in history?
a)
After Dark
b)
After Death
c)
Anno Domini
d)
Ancient Disaster
29.
Some of these hominids are at least 5 million years old.
a)
Homo sapien sapien
b)
Neanderthal
c)
Homo habilis
d)
Australopithecus
30.
How many continents are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
31.
What is the name of the object by number 1?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe 
32.
What is the name of the object by number 2?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe 
33.
What is the name of the object by number 3?
a)
North America
b)
Antarctica 
c)
South Pole 
d)
Europe 
34.
What is the name of the object by number 4?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
South Pole 
d)
Africa
35.
What is the name of the object by number 5?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
36.
What is the name of the object by number 6?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
37.
What is the name of the object by number 7?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
38.
What is the southern most continent?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Asia
c)
None 
d)
Afica
39.
What is the name of the largest continent? 
a)
Africa
b)
China
c)
Asia 
d)
The Bahamas
40.

If one event is in BCE and another event is in CE, what should you do?

a)

Subtract the years

b)

Add the years

c)

Multiply years

d)

Divide years

41.

If BOTH events are in BCE, what should you do to find the years between?

a)

Subtract the years

b)

Add the Years

c)

Multiply the Years

d)

Divide the Years

42.

If BOTH events are in CE/AD, what should you do to find the years between?

a)

Subtract the years

b)

Add the years

c)

Multiply the years

d)

Divide the years

43.
Prehistoric humans are called _________________.
a)
Homo  anthroape
b)
Hominids
c)
Lucy
d)
Cavemen
44.
_______________ specialize in studing the earliest hominids.
a)
Scientists
b)
Historians
c)
Zoologists
d)
Paleoanthropologists
45.
The remains of an early hominid that lived more than 3 million years ago was discovered by an American paleoanthropologist who nicknamed her _________.
a)
Susan
b)
Donald
c)
Hillary
d)
Lucy
46.
An animal that walks on two feet is called a _______.
a)
Moped
b)
Triped
c)
Biped
d)
Ape
47.
Who was the first hominid to use fire?
a)
Handy Man
b)
Homo sapiens sapiens
c)
Homo erectus
d)
Wise Man
48.
Lucy was a hominid known as Homo sapiens neaderthalensis.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
Australopithecus Afarensis lived before Homo Erectus.
a)
True
b)
False
50.
Neanderthals survived longer by working __________.
a)
together
b)
alone
c)
individually
d)
long hours
51.
Homo erectus used fire to ___________.
a)
keep warm
b)
for protection
c)
cook
d)
all of these
52.
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis is also known as......
a)
Wise Man
b)
Upright Man
c)
Cave Man
d)
Doubly Wise Man
53.
Lucy was named after __________________________.
a)
the Peanuts character
b)
The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
c)
the actress Lucile Ball
d)
The TV show "I Love Lucy"
54.
Neanderthals survived by making better __________.
a)
weapons
b)
fires
c)
caves
d)
tools
55.

Homo Erectus was the first hominid to use...

a)

fire.

b)

their hands.

c)

fish hooks.

d)

stone tools.

56.
One Way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.
a)
They no longer were nomads
b)
Life expectancy was shorter
c)
They had to move around to new farms
57.

The Stone Age got its name because

a)

Stone Houses

b)

Used pretty rocks for money

c)

Rocky Fields

d)

Stone Tools

58.
During the Neolithic Revolution
a)
People learned to grow food
b)
People migrated to find food
c)
People were nomadic
59.

In Paleolithic age human learnt to............

a)

Make simple stone tools and weapons for hunting.

b)

do the agriculture

c)

Became keen observers

d)

make Microliths

60.

The equator divides what two hemispheres?

a)

East and West

b)

North and South

61.

An imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres?

a)

equator

b)

longitude

c)

latitude

d)

prime meridian

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