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Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of Archaeology?

a)

the study of humans history using objects they left behind

b)

 objects that people made or used

c)

the order in which a series of events happened

d)

the period before written records

2.

What is the definition of artifacts?

a)

the study of humans history using objects they left behind

b)

 objects that people made or used

c)

the order in which a series of events happened

d)

the period before written records

3.

What is the definition of chronological?

a)

the study of humans history using objects they left behind

b)

 objects that people made or used

c)

the order in which a series of events happened

d)

the period before written records

4.

What is the definition of prehistoric?

a)

the study of humans history using objects they left behind

b)

 objects that people made or used

c)

the order in which a series of events happened

d)

the period before written records

5.

What was the Paleolithic era?

a)

The early Stone Age, when people made rough tools and weapons of stone and were nomadic hunters and gatherers

b)

 It was a gradual change from nomadic hunting and gathering communities and bands to agriculture and settlement.

c)

The development of the first river valley civilizations.

d)

the period before written records

6.

What is the definition of prehistoric?

a)

the study of humans history using objects they left behind

b)

 objects that people made or used

c)

the order in which a series of events happened

d)

the period before written records

7.

What was the agricultural revolution?

a)

The early Stone Age, when people made rough tools and weapons of stone and were nomadic hunters and gatherers

b)

 It was a gradual change from nomadic hunting and gathering communities and bands to agriculture and settlement.

c)

The development of the first river valley civilizations.

d)

the period before written records

8.

What is the definition of revolution?

a)

a sudden, radical, or complete change.

b)

the science or practice of farming, using the soil for the growing of crops and animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

c)

the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.

d)

an extreme conflict between citizens in the same country

9.

What is the definition of civilization?

a)

a sudden, radical, or complete change.

b)

the science or practice of farming, using the soil for the growing of crops and animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

c)

the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.

d)

a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government and social structure

10.

What is the definition of agriculture?

a)

a sudden, radical, or complete change.

b)

the science or practice of farming, using the soil for the growing of crops and animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

c)

the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.

d)

an extreme conflict between citizens in the same country

11.

What is the definition of domestication?

a)

a sudden, radical, or complete change.

b)

the science or practice of farming, using the soil for the growing of crops and animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

c)

the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.

d)

an extreme conflict between citizens in the same country

12.

Name one plant or animal that is an example of domestication?

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13.

Which of the following is an example of an artifact?

a)

A dinosaur bone found in South Africa

b)

A merchant's record written in cuneiform

c)

A vintage Elvis record from the 1950s.

d)

A fossilized leaf from over 3 million years ago.

14.

What does cave art help us to answer?

a)

What did the people looked like.

b)

What language did people speak.

c)

What animals lived in that area.

d)

What did geometric shapes mean?

15.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a civilization?

a)

belief system

b)

geography

c)

social structure

d)

writing

16.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a civilization?

a)

geography

b)

climate

c)

writing

d)

politics

17.

What are specialized jobs?

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18.

How did having a writing system improve the lives of Sumerians in ancient Sumer?

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19.

Which of the following is not a river valley civilization?

a)

Ancient Egypt

b)

Ancient China

c)

Ancient India

d)

Ancient Greece

20.
To keep something in its original state or in good condition is to
a)
study
b)
preserve
c)
collect
d)
gather
21.
What was one major difference between Lucy and a modern day adult skeleton?
a)
Lucy's bones were fragile
b)
Lucy had fewer bones
c)
Lucy was the height of a child
d)
Lucy's bones were thicker
22.
As we analyzed the Caves of Lascaux, what were the images that seemed to be most present over and over again?
a)
plants
b)
people
c)
animals
d)
symbols
23.
Paleolithic man survived by
a)
farming
b)
hunting & gathering
24.
Neolithic man survived by
a)
farming
b)
hunting & gathering
25.
What was the turning point (major change) for humans that allowed them to transform from hunter-gatherers to agriculturalists?
a)
they changed their diet
b)
they used more sophisticated tools
c)
they discovered that when a seed is planted it can grow food
d)
they stopped drawing cave paintings
26.
What civilization is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
a)
Egypt
b)
China
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Indus
27.
Using the map, what river valley is shaded in yellow?
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
28.
Using the map, what river valley is shaded in pink?
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
29.
Using the map, what river valley is shaded in purple?
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China
30.
Name the River Valley Civilization shaded in orange on the map
a)
Egypt
b)
Mesopotamia/
Sumer
c)
India
d)
China