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WorksheetsModule 2 Review
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
The period of time before humans invented writing
prehistory
archaeology
the Dark Ages
prewriting time
The study of how humans developed over time and their cultures
anthropology
humanology
archaeology
culturology
a person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants, nuts, and berries
archaeology
geology
artifact
hunter-gatherer
Old Stone Age
Rock ages
artifact
paleolithic
Ice Age
Where do most historians believe the first humans lived?
Asia
Europe
Africa
The United States
Why did the group of Homo erectus get that name? Their skeletons show that they were __________
Always running on all fours
Mostly sleeping all the day
Fully upright walkers
usually climbing trees
Lucy
Handy Harry
Handy Tool Using Man
How did the invention of spears help people living in the Paleolithic period?
They were able to become better farmers.
They were able to domesticate animals.
They were able to cut down trees.
They were able to hunt wild animals more safely
Which letter represents where it is believed that the earliest humans lived?
W - Indian Subcontinent
Z - Australian Outback
X - East African Rift Valley
Y - Southwest Deserts
DNA-deoxyribonucleic acid
the government agency in charge of fossils
the organization that found Lucy
carries the basic genetic information about that organism. The Code of Life
this is the area where Australopithecus lived
The location where Otzi was found can be described as
the top of a mountain.
the bottom of the mountain.
deep in a swamp.
near a village in the desert.
Otzi's body was so well preserved because
most wild animals were scared of Otzi
his body was submerged in the ice for thousands of years.
he only died about 50 years ago
he ate pollen which preserved his body.
Humans’ main source of food during the early Paleolithic Era was
from farming and growing crops.
from raising livestock and cattle.
from Super 1.
from hunting and gathering.
What is another term for the Old Stone Age?
Neolithic Age
New Stone Age
Rock Age
Paleolithic Age
What is a drought?
excess flow of water flow over land
An abnormally low precipitation in a place over time.
Continuous rainfall
Falling of water droplets from the sky
Meso-
Old
Middle
Bottom
Stone or rock
Lith-
Stone or rock
Middle
Land
Old or ancient
The last continent reached by humans was ___
Atlantis
Greece
South America
North America
How were the people able to cross the Bering Strait?
They walked on the frozen water.
They walked on dry land that had been covered up by the Bering Strait before the Ice Age.
They sailed in a boat.
Swimming.
What two continents were connected by the Bering Land Bridge? PICK TWO!
Asia
North America
Africa
Spain
Australia
Middle Stone Age
Mesolithic Era
Middle Lithic Time
Mesocyclonic rotation
Big Rock Time
The amount of water on Earth remains constant or unchanging. When the Earth's climate is colder, this means that there is
more liquid water and less ice so there is more land
more ice and less liquid water so there is more land
more ice and less liquid water so there is less land
more liquid water and less ice so there is lessland
Eastern Canada and Greenland were some of the last places reached by humans. Why?
These areas were covered with glaciers and ice sheets.
These areas had many large predators.
These areas provided no shelter and very small animals.
These areas were underwater during the last ice age.
Where is the Bering Land Bridge today?
Bering, Louisiana
Same place, just underwater
It washed away
It collapsed in a storm
Mesoamerica refers to the area from Mexico to Costa Rica. Mesoamerica is ___.
Rocky America
Low America
Lost America
Middle America
"Potamos" is Greek for rivers. Mesopotamia is the area ___ the rivers.
behind
between
without
under
Hunter-gatherers ___ live in large groups and towns.
did
loved to
did not
were not allowed to
Storms
Drought
Agriculture
Hunting and Gathering
One way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.
hunting and gathering was easier in cities, towns, grocery stores, and other peoples farms
Irrigation-
preserving/sharing information to share with others
practice of farming
process of adapting/changing/modifying wild plants and animals for human use
watering of land/plants by canals/waterways to increase crop production
What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals?
easy travel
people shared all work
they kept pets
there was a stable food supply
What is it called when you produce more crops or food than needed to feed the society?
Job Specialization
Surplus
Leftovers
Wasteful
Approximately, how long did the Neolithic Age last?
8,000 years
4,000 years
12,000 years
2,000 years
What was the most important and long-lasting effect that the Neolithic/Agricultural Revolution had on people's lives?
People began eating wild grains and hunting animals.
The population grew at a faster rate, and people settled into communities.
People completely stopped hunting and gathering.
New types of stone tools and guns were made.
When there is a surplus of food, there is ___.
not enough food for everyone
more food than is needed
a group of people waiting in line for food
more people having to hunt.
Which of these animals is not a domesticated animal?
sheep
goat
lion
cattle
horse
A larger Neolithic site in modern-day Turkey. It dates back to about 7,200 B.C. and may have had a population of 6,500 people. The village included hundreds of rectangular mud-brick houses all connected and all about the same size.
Mesopotamia
Jericho
Robert's Cove
Çatal Hüyük
Stonehenge is a megalith structure. What does "megalith" mean?
large stone
rectangular stone
bluestone
holy stone
Which two rivers were important in Mesopotamia?
Euphrates and Nile
Euphrates and Tigris
Mississippi and Nile
Tigris and Ebre
Early Mesopotamian farmers discovered ___________ or ways to move water across land.
Terraces
Agriculture
Irrigation
___ were used as monuments or as the sites for religious gatherings.
Megaliths
Farms
Agriculture
Hunter-gatherers
Where did the Neolithic Revolution begin?
Southwest Asia(Mesopotamia)
Southwest America(Arizona)
Southwest South America(Chile and Peru)
Western Canada
Neolithic Era
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
Stone Age
Big Stone Age
Neo-
Stone
Old
That dude from The Matrix
New
Mega-
Large
New
Old
Rock
Domestication
the process of tame animals turning wild
harvesting plants
process of adapting/changing/modifying wild plants and animals for human use
A form of government where people vote for their representatives
This was an early Neolithic community near the Jordan River and the Dead Sea that had city walls.
Çatal Hüyük
Jericho
Crowley
Mesopotamia
Agriculture includes ___
farming and domestication
farming, hunting and gathering
hunting and gathering
domestication, farming, hunting, riding on tractors, gathering
