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Early Humans and the Rise of Civilization Vocab Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is an expert that studies the past by examining objects left behind by people?

a)

Merchant

b)

Archaeologist

c)

Historian

d)

Geographer

2.

What is an object made or used by people in the past called?

a)

Pictograph

b)

Resource

c)

Artifact

d)

Silt

3.

Who studies and creates maps of Earth's features?

a)

Scribe

b)

Geographer

c)

Historian

d)

Artisan

4.

What term describes the business of farming, including growing crops and raising animals?

a)

Trade

b)

Domestication

c)

Irrigation

d)

Agriculture

5.

What is the term for training a wild animal to be useful to humans?

a)

Domesticate

b)

Irrigate

c)

Cultivate

d)

Nomad

6.

What do you call someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home?

a)

Artisan

b)

Scribe

c)

Nomad

d)

Merchant

7.

What is a means of supplying land with water called?

a)

Irrigation

b)

Domestication

c)

Siltation

d)

Cultivation

8.

What are fine particles of rock known as?

a)

Resource

b)

Pictograph

c)

Artifact

d)

Silt

9.

What is a craftsperson called?

a)

Scribe

b)

Artisan

c)

Merchant

d)

Nomad

10.

What term describes a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure?

a)

Culture

b)

Civilization

c)

Ritual

d)

City-state

11.

What is a characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society?

a)

Culture

b)

Technology

c)

Resource

d)

Social structure

12.

Who is a person that makes money by selling goods?

a)

Artisan

b)

Merchant

c)

Nomad

d)

Scribe

13.

What is a symbol that stands for an object called?

a)

Resource

b)

Pictograph

c)

Artifact

d)

Silt

14.

Who is a person that writes?

a)

Historian

b)

Geographer

c)

Merchant

d)

Scribe

15.

What is the use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes called?

a)

Technology

b)

Agriculture

c)

Trade

d)

Domestication