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Module 2 Review

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The period of time before humans invented writing

a)

prehistory

b)

archaeology

c)

the Dark Ages

d)

prewriting time

2.

The study of how humans developed over time and their cultures

a)

anthropology

b)

humanology

c)

archaeology

d)

culturology

3.

a person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants, nuts, and berries

a)

archaeology

b)

geology

c)

artifact

d)

hunter-gatherer

4.

Old Stone Age

a)

Rock ages

b)

artifact

c)

paleolithic

d)

Ice Age

5.

Where do most historians believe the first humans lived?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

The United States

6.

Why did the group of Homo erectus get that name? Their skeletons show that they were __________

a)

Always running on all fours

b)

Mostly sleeping all the day

c)

Fully upright walkers

d)

usually climbing trees

7.
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
8.
An animal that walks on two feet is called a _______.
a)
Moped
b)
Triped
c)
Biped
d)
Ape
9.
Named Homo habilis in honor of its ability to make tools, this hominid was also called __________.
a)

Lucy

b)

Handy Harry

c)

Handy Tool Using Man

d)
Handy Man
10.
Homo erectus used fire to ___________.
a)
keep warm
b)
for protection
c)
cook
d)
all of these
11.
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"
12.

How did the invention of spears help people living in the Paleolithic period?

a)

They were able to become better farmers.

b)

They were able to domesticate animals.

c)

They were able to cut down trees.

d)

They were able to hunt wild animals more safely

13.

Which letter represents where it is believed that the earliest humans lived?

a)

W - Indian Subcontinent

b)

Z - Australian Outback

c)

X - East African Rift Valley

d)

Y - Southwest Deserts

14.
One of the most important technologies used during the Paleolithic Age
a)
Tools
b)
Written Language
c)
Art
d)
Religion
15.

DNA-deoxyribonucleic acid

a)

the government agency in charge of fossils

b)

the organization that found Lucy

c)

carries the basic genetic information about that organism. The Code of Life

d)

this is the area where Australopithecus lived

16.

The location where Otzi was found can be described as

a)

the top of a mountain.

b)

the bottom of the mountain.

c)

deep in a swamp.

d)

near a village in the desert.

17.

Otzi's body was so well preserved because

a)

most wild animals were scared of Otzi

b)

his body was submerged in the ice for thousands of years.

c)

he only died about 50 years ago

d)

he ate pollen which preserved his body.

18.
The movement of people from one place to another is called 
a)
Migration
b)
Immigration
c)
Emigration
d)
Movement
19.
A person who moves from place to place in search of food
a)
Migration
b)
Culture
c)
Nomad
d)
Artisan
20.

Humans’ main source of food during the early Paleolithic Era was

a)

from farming and growing crops.

b)

from raising livestock and cattle.

c)

from Super 1.

d)

from hunting and gathering.

21.

What is another term for the Old Stone Age?

a)

Neolithic Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Rock Age

d)

Paleolithic Age

22.
Why did the hunter-gatherers migrate?
a)
to find more resources
b)
to follow the herds of migrating animals
c)
to discover new lands and better food supplies
d)
all of the above
23.

What is a drought?

a)

excess flow of water flow over land

b)

An abnormally low precipitation in a place over time.

c)

Continuous rainfall

d)

Falling of water droplets from the sky

24.

Meso-

a)

Old

b)

Middle

c)

Bottom

d)

Stone or rock

25.

Lith-

a)

Stone or rock

b)

Middle

c)

Land

d)

Old or ancient

26.

The last continent reached by humans was ___

a)

Atlantis

b)

Greece

c)

South America

d)

North America

27.

How were the people able to cross the Bering Strait?

a)

They walked on the frozen water.

b)

They walked on dry land that had been covered up by the Bering Strait before the Ice Age.

c)

They sailed in a boat.

d)

Swimming.

28.
The word MIGRATE means...
a)
To stay
b)
To move
c)
To fight
d)
To sleep
29.
Very cold temperatures, glaciers and large frozen areas relate to which time period? 
a)
Ice Age
b)
1950's
c)
Stone Age
d)
First Day of School 
30.

What two continents were connected by the Bering Land Bridge? PICK TWO!

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Spain

e)

Australia

31.

Middle Stone Age

a)

Mesolithic Era

b)

Middle Lithic Time

c)

Mesocyclonic rotation

d)

Big Rock Time

32.

The amount of water on Earth remains constant or unchanging. When the Earth's climate is colder, this means that there is

a)

more liquid water and less ice so there is more land

b)

more ice and less liquid water so there is more land

c)

more ice and less liquid water so there is less land

d)

more liquid water and less ice so there is lessland

33.

Eastern Canada and Greenland were some of the last places reached by humans. Why?

a)

These areas were covered with glaciers and ice sheets.

b)

These areas had many large predators.

c)

These areas provided no shelter and very small animals.

d)

These areas were underwater during the last ice age.

34.

Where is the Bering Land Bridge today?

a)

Bering, Louisiana

b)

Same place, just underwater

c)

It washed away

d)

It collapsed in a storm

35.

Mesoamerica refers to the area from Mexico to Costa Rica. Mesoamerica is ___.

a)

Rocky America

b)

Low America

c)

Lost America

d)

Middle America

36.

"Potamos" is Greek for rivers. Mesopotamia is the area ___ the rivers.

a)

behind

b)

between

c)

without

d)

under

37.

Hunter-gatherers ___ live in large groups and towns.

a)

did

b)

loved to

c)

did not

d)

were not allowed to

38.
1.  What did the Neolithic Revolution bring about?
a)

  Storms

b)

Drought

c)

Agriculture

d)

Hunting and Gathering

39.

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
d)

hunting and gathering was easier in cities, towns, grocery stores, and other peoples farms

40.

Irrigation-

a)

preserving/sharing information to share with others

b)

practice of farming

c)

process of adapting/changing/modifying wild plants and animals for human use

d)

watering of land/plants by canals/waterways to increase crop production

41.

What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals?

a)

easy travel

b)

people shared all work

c)

they kept pets

d)

there was a stable food supply

42.

What is it called when you produce more crops or food than needed to feed the society?

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Surplus

c)

Leftovers

d)

Wasteful

43.
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
44.

Approximately, how long did the Neolithic Age last?

a)

8,000 years

b)

4,000 years

c)

12,000 years

d)

2,000 years

45.

What was the most important and long-lasting effect that the Neolithic/Agricultural Revolution had on people's lives?

a)

People began eating wild grains and hunting animals.

b)

The population grew at a faster rate, and people settled into communities.

c)

People completely stopped hunting and gathering.

d)

New types of stone tools and guns were made.

46.

When there is a surplus of food, there is ___.

a)

not enough food for everyone

b)

more food than is needed

c)

a group of people waiting in line for food

d)

more people having to hunt.

47.

Which of these animals is not a domesticated animal?

a)

sheep

b)

goat

c)

lion

d)

cattle

e)

horse

48.

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.

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Jericho

c)

Robert's Cove

d)

Çatal Hüyük

49.

Stonehenge is a megalith structure. What does "megalith" mean?

a)

large stone

b)

rectangular stone

c)

bluestone

d)

holy stone

50.

Which two rivers were important in Mesopotamia?

a)

Euphrates and Nile

b)

Euphrates and Tigris

c)

Mississippi and Nile

d)

Tigris and Ebre

51.

Early Mesopotamian farmers discovered ___________ or ways to move water across land.

a)

Terraces

b)

Agriculture

c)

Irrigation

52.

___ were used as monuments or as the sites for religious gatherings.

a)

Megaliths

b)

Farms

c)

Agriculture

d)

Hunter-gatherers

53.

Where did the Neolithic Revolution begin?

a)

Southwest Asia(Mesopotamia)

b)

Southwest America(Arizona)

c)

Southwest South America(Chile and Peru)

d)

Western Canada

54.

Neolithic Era

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Stone Age

d)

Big Stone Age

55.

Neo-

a)

Stone

b)

Old

c)

That dude from The Matrix

d)

New

56.

Mega-

a)

Large

b)

New

c)

Old

d)

Rock

57.

Domestication

a)

the process of tame animals turning wild

b)

harvesting plants

c)

process of adapting/changing/modifying wild plants and animals for human use

d)

A form of government where people vote for their representatives

58.

This was an early Neolithic community near the Jordan River and the Dead Sea that had city walls.

a)

Çatal Hüyük

b)

Jericho

c)

Crowley

d)

Mesopotamia

59.

Agriculture includes ___

a)

farming and domestication

b)

farming, hunting and gathering

c)

hunting and gathering

d)

domestication, farming, hunting, riding on tractors, gathering