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First 9 Weeks Test- Study Guide

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Put the following eras of the Stone Age in chronological order:

a)

Mesolithic

b)

Paleolithic

c)

Neolithic

1)
2)
3)
2.

Early humans moved regularly from place to place. Which term describes this type of lifestyle?

a)

traveling

b)

nomadic

c)

freedom

3.

How many eras were in the Stone Age?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

3

4.

What type of house did people in the Paleolithic period live in?

a)

caves

b)

tepee

c)

wooden house

d)

mansions

5.

Finish the sentence:

Hunter-gatherers....

a)

hunted animals and gathered foods

b)

hunted animals and gathered plants

c)

hunted animals and gathered bones

6.

What materials did Stone Age humans use to make their tools?

a)

stone

b)

wood

c)

bone/antler

d)

all of these

7.

How did Stone Age humans communicate in the Paleolithic period?

a)

cave paintings

b)

write letters on a paper

c)

used their cell phones

8.

The Stone Age is broken into 3 smaller eras called:

a)

hunter-gatherers, village people, early humans

b)

Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic

c)

Ice Age

d)

Iron Age

9.

Hominids in the Stone Age hunted animals for meat, caught fish, and gathered food from different plants. We call these people ___________.

a)

archaeologists

b)

explorers

c)

hunter-gatherers

10.

Paleolithic is also known as:

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Middle Stone Age

11.

Mesolithic period is also known as ___________ .

a)

Middle Stone Age

b)

Old Stone Age

c)

New Stone Age

12.

The earliest evidence of Stone Age has been found in ________.

a)

Britain

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

13.

What is the term for people who study ancient artifacts?

a)

Archaeologists

b)

Biologists

c)

Geologists

14.

Which continent has the earliest evidence of the Stone Age?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

15.

What is the term for a lifestyle where people regularly move from place to place?

a)

Nomadic

b)

Sedentary

c)

Urban

16.
Agricultural Revolution
a)
The time when human beings first start to grow plants and keep animals. They no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
b)
To dig up, uncover, unearth.
c)
This is when something is in short supply.
d)
People who live by gathering food they find and animals they hunt. They do not grow their own food.
e)
This is something left behind that was made by humans.
17.
agriculture
a)
The science/art of farming.
b)
To search for food and materials.
c)
This is how people are organized into large groups and communities.
d)
This is the academic term for the "new stone age".
e)
This word describes when something is done by people acting as a group.
18.
artifact
a)
This is something left behind that was made by humans.
b)
The time when human beings first start to grow plants and keep animals. They no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
c)
To dig up, uncover, unearth.
d)
This is when something is in short supply.
e)
People who live by gathering food they find and animals they hunt. They do not grow their own food.
19.

hominid

a)
This is an academic term for a human, or an early form of a human.
b)
This is the study of the past from what humans have left behind.
c)
To use information that you have to make an educated guess.
d)
To make wild animals useful to humans through training and breeding.
e)
This is a supply of something (such as land) that someone has and can use when it is needed
20.

hunter-gatherer

a)
People who live by gathering food they find and animals they hunt. They do not grow their own food.
b)
This is something left behind that was made by humans.
c)
The time when human beings first start to grow plants and keep animals. They no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
d)
To dig up, uncover, unearth.
e)
This is when something is in short supply.
21.
resources
a)
This is a supply of something (such as land) that someone has and can use when it is needed
b)
This is an academic term for a human, or an early form of a human.
c)
This is the study of the past from what humans have left behind.
d)
To use information that you have to make an educated guess.
e)
To make wild animals useful to humans through training and breeding.
22.
scarce
a)
This is when something is in short supply.
b)
People who live by gathering food they find and animals they hunt. They do not grow their own food.
c)
This is something left behind that was made by humans.
d)
The time when human beings first start to grow plants and keep animals. They no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
e)
To dig up, uncover, unearth.
23.
society
a)
This is how people are organized into large groups and communities.
b)
This is the academic term for the "new stone age".
c)
This word describes when something is done by people acting as a group.
d)
The science/art of farming.
e)
To search for food and materials.
24.
to domesticate
a)
To make wild animals useful to humans through training and breeding.
b)
This is a supply of something (such as land) that someone has and can use when it is needed
c)
This is an academic term for a human, or an early form of a human.
d)
This is the study of the past from what humans have left behind.
e)
To use information that you have to make an educated guess.
25.

the earliest known period of human culture, marked by the creation and use of stone tools

a)

Iron Age

b)

Bronze Age

c)

Copper Age

d)

Stone Age

26.
Specialization means everyone has a
a)
workshop
b)
specific job
c)
farm
27.
A source of fresh water is 
a)
an ocean
b)
a river
28.
The major effect of farming was
a)
population growth
b)
less food
c)
population decreased
29.

Barter means...

a)

hunting

b)

currency

c)

agriculture

d)

trade

30.

Communities ___, which allowed population increase and specialization of labor

a)

began to disband.

b)

amassed a surplus of food.

c)

lived in temporary structures.

d)

could stop developing new technologies.

31.

Which best describe the importance of having an economy that produces a surplus of food? (Choose more than one)

a)

It allows the development of a barter economy and opportunities to trade with different communities

b)

It encourages people to build tents to live in

c)

It allows people to share their skills and interests as they interact with other communities through cultural diffusion

d)

It gives people more time to specialize in things like making tools and creating artwork

e)

It helps people develop skills to increase their efficiency as nomads.

32.

Why was the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution important to history?

a)

It contributed to the establishment of civilization.

b)

It brought about the outbreak of many wars

c)

It helped to establish nomadic tribes across the world.

d)

It caused the outbreak of epidemic diseases.

33.

What is the best definition for the word “civilization”?

a)

A country whose people speak the same language

b)

An area with a literate population of people who can read

c)

A society based on hunting and gathering

d)

A society with unique social, cultural, and political systems

34.

The economy of the first civilizations was based on ___. Thanks to agriculture, they had items to trade.

a)

metalworking

b)

barter

c)

currency

d)

iron

35.
Why did farming lead to permanent villages? 
a)
people grew too much food to travel 
b)
people needed to build storage for crops
c)
people needed to stay and tend their crops
d)
people had to make pottery to hold fo
36.
The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans-
a)
mastered fire.
b)
developed agriculture and settled down.
c)
migrated from Africa.
d)
organized governments
37.
How did agriculture affect how humans spent their time?
a)
They lived day to day.
b)
People can only grow certain crops
c)
People had time to do other things
38.
another word for farming
a)
agriculture
b)
technology
c)
specialization
d)
shrine
39.
What did communities do with their surplus products?
a)
They traded with other communities.
b)
They threw them away.
c)
Made other products out of it.
40.
Early humans had to forage for their food, meaning
a)
Farming
b)
Hunting
c)
Collecting
d)
Hunting and Gathering
41.
Early humans started to cooperate with each other in order to
a)
Avoid fighting
b)
Hunt large prey
c)
Migrate
d)
Heal their sick
42.
Modern humans originated in
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
North America
d)
Europe
43.
What is the picture of the horse?
a)
secondary source
b)
primary source
44.
Why did early humans migrate?
a)
For Food.
b)
to be near beach
c)
to live near work
d)
to be near their planted crops
45.

the act of moving from one place to settle in another.

a)

Migration

b)

Irrigation

c)

Surpluses

d)

Nomad

46.
What does the term prehistoric refer to? 
a)
time before the birth of Christ
b)
time before the death of Christ
c)
time before the development of writing
d)
time before the development of money
47.
During ___________, glaciers, large mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain or across land, covered much of the land.
a)
Renaissance 
b)
Ice Age
c)
Middle Age
d)
Cold Age
48.
During ___________, glaciers, large mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain or across land, covered much of the land.
a)
Renaissance 
b)
Ice Age
c)
Middle Age
d)
Cold Age

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