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Origins Unit Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who hunted animals and gathered plants?

a)

hunter-gatherers

b)

priests

c)

soldiers

d)

farmers

2.

What does an archaeologist study?

a)

why do people need certain foods to survive

b)

how people act when they are together

c)

what happens if certain chemicals are mixed together

d)

the things people from the past left behind

3.

What is the name of the scientist who studies the physical materials of the Earth?

a)

geologist

b)

doctor

c)

archaeologist

d)

painter

4.

What is the name of a group of families with a common ancestor?

a)

nomad

b)

clan

c)

priest

d)

mammoth

5.

Which kind of technology was used by Stone Age humans?

a)

fire

b)

eggs

c)

burial

d)

crops

6.

What happens during migration?

a)

People move from places and homes with the seasons.

b)

People welcome new people into their homes.

c)

People stay in one place for many years.

d)

People move from their homeland to a new place.

7.

What is an artifact?

a)

human remains from long ago

b)

an imprint of a plant

c)

something made by humans

d)

dinosaur bones

8.

What is the name of the scientist who studies past human life?

a)

government official

b)

geologist

c)

priest

d)

archaeologist

9.

What happens during a revolution?

a)

Life changes very little.

b)

Life changes some.

c)

Life doesn't change at all.

d)

Life changes completely.

10.

What is the time before written records?

a)

history

b)

modern-day

c)

prehistory

d)

after death

11.

What is the name of people who move from place to place with the weather?

a)

ruler`

b)

priest

c)

clan

d)

nomad

12.

What is having more than you need?

a)

prehistory

b)

surplus

c)

survival

d)

shelter

13.

What happens during a revolution?

a)

Life changes a little.

b)

Life doesn't change at all.

c)

Life changes some.

d)

Life changes completely.

14.

True or false

Domesticating plants and animals made farming possible.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Why did modern humans have to adapt?

a)

They had to move to Africa.

b)

They had to make new cave paintings.

c)

They had to adjust to new environments.

d)

They had to change their beliefs.

16.

a benefit of farming

a)

death

b)

no surplus

c)

permanent homes

d)

living as a nomad

17.

a community with cities, government, and social classes

a)

civilization

b)

writing

c)

religion

d)

arts

18.

How did farming change the types of clothes people wore?

a)

made of cotton and wool

b)

made of animal hides

c)

made with modern-day fabrics

d)

made of paper

19.

What is a cost of farming?

a)

crops can die

b)

priest prays

c)

takes little time

d)

no danger

20.

They hunted animals and gathered plants.

a)

government officials

b)

priests

c)

hunter-gatherers

d)

mammoths