WorksheetsWorld History Unit 1 Test
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is an artifact?
a)
A fossilized skull of a homonin
b)
B footprint of a chimpanzee
c)
C spear point made of stone
d)
D petrified tree branch
2.
Which statement describes a cultural hearth?
a)
A Cultural hearths were located only in Southwest Asia.
b)
B People in cultural hearths lived by hunting and gathering.
c)
C Cultural hearths were located in many parts of the world.
d)
D People in cultural hearths lived a nomadic life.
3.
Where was the cultural hearth of Çatalhöyük located?
a)
A in Mesoamerica
b)
B in China
c)
C in North Africa
d)
D in Southwest Asia
4.
What did people in Çatalhöyük mostly rely on for food?
a)
A farming
b)
B fishing
c)
C hunting
d)
D gathering
5.
What was an important farming village in the Yangshao culture?
a)
A Çatalhöyük
b)
B Banpo
c)
C Oaxaca
d)
D Faiyum
6.
What provided fertile soil for Yangshao farmers?
a)
A the Chang Jiang Basin
b)
B Huang and We Rivers
c)
C the Nile River
d)
D the Tigris River
7.
What was the main crop grown by people in Mesoamerica?
a)
A rice
b)
B millet
c)
C maize
d)
D potatoes
8.
What is the process by which cultures spread from one area to another?
a)
A civilization
b)
B cultural hearths
c)
C matrilineal
d)
D cultural diffusion
9.
Why was the building of Göbekli Tepe an important event?
a)
A It was the first structure built after the invention of the wheel.
b)
B It was the world’s first structure built for religious use.
c)
C It was the first culture that was organized into clans.
d)
D It was the world’s first farming village
10.
Which trait of civilization allowed people to perform jobs other than farming?
a)
A specialized workers
b)
B record keeping
c)
C food surpluses
d)
D trade
11.
How did metallurgy change the way early people made tools?
a)
A They were able to make bigger stone tools.
b)
B They stopped using stone form making tools.
c)
C They made tools from metal instead of stone.
d)
D They were able to use jade to make the wheel
12.
How can cultural hearths be described?
a)
A They used trade routes to share their goods and ideas with other communities.
b)
B They were places where new ideas and practices began to take hold.
c)
C They had complex governments and religious practices.
d)
D Most of their food came from killing wild animals.
13.
What happened soon after settled groups started to thrive?
a)
A Governments were organized.
b)
B People began taming animals.
c)
C People started growing crops.
d)
D People began making tools from stone.
14.
Which of the following was most important in helping Çatalhöyük increase in size?
a)
A access to the ocean
b)
B large mud brick homes
c)
C stable food supply
d)
D complex government
15.
What was a sign that the people in Çatalhöyük practiced religion?
a)
A bone utensils and tools
b)
B buildings made of mud bricks
c)
C horned bulls’ heads mounted on walls
d)
D a protective wall around the settlement
16.
Why do archaeologists think that most people in Banpo society had the same status?
a)
A Everyone was a farmer.
b)
B Most graves had similar grave goods.
c)
C All the pottery were decorated with geometric artwork.
d)
D All the homes were about the same size
17.
What climate change led to the growth of cultural hearths in China’s river valleys?
a)
A warmer and wetter weather
b)
B a slight cooling of temperatures because an ice age was starting
c)
C wide swings in the weather with periodic droughts
d)
D hot, dry weather
18.
Which term describes music, language, clothing, and other aspects of human life?
a)
A culture
b)
B artifacts
c)
C technology
d)
D government
19.
Paleolithic people’s tools were made of what material?
a)
A glass
b)
B iron
c)
C bronze
d)
D stone
20.
Which of the following is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?
a)
A making flour from wheat
b)
B growing vegetables
c)
C gathering fruits and nuts
d)
D raising animals such as goats
21.
Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?
a)
A They provide historians’ interpretations of past events.
b)
B They are based on secondary sources.
c)
C They give descriptions of events by a person who lived through them.
d)
D They are always passed down orally from one generation to the next.
22.
What is agriculture?
a)
a human who hunts animals and gathers wild plants to eat
b)
the movement from one place to another
c)
the practice of growing plants and rearing animals for food
d)
the raising of plants and animals to make them useful to humans
23.
What is domestication?
a)
a fertile place with water in a desert
b)
the practice of growing plants and rearing animals for food
c)
the raising of plants and animals to make them useful to humans
d)
a human who hunts animals and gathers wild plants to eat
24.
What is a drought?
a)
a long period of dry, hot weather
b)
a person who moves regularly from place to place
c)
the application of knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet people’s needs
d)
the practice of growing plants and rearing animals for food
25.
What is hunter-gather?
a)
encouraging the growth of crops and plants
b)
a human who hunts animals and gathers wild plants to eat
c)
a person who moves regularly from place to place
d)
the practice of growing plants and rearing animals for food
26.
What is megafauna?
a)
a long period of dry, hot weather
b)
a human who hunts animals and gathers wild plants to eat
c)
large animals such as the woolly mammoth, giant ground sloth, and saber-toothed cat
d)
the practice of growing plants and rearing animals for food
27.
What is an oasis?
a)
a strip of land connecting two landmasses
b)
a fertile place with water in a desert
c)
the application of knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet people’s needs
d)
a long period of dry, hot weather
28.
What is technology?
a)
a strip of land connecting two landmasses
b)
a fertile place with water in a desert
c)
the application of knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet people’s needs
d)
a long period of dry, hot weather
29.
What is a nomad?
a)
the movement from one place to another
b)
a strip of land connecting two landmasses
c)
a person who moves regularly from place to place
d)
a long period of dry, hot weather
30.
What is a land bridge?
a)
a person who moves regularly from place to place
b)
the movement from one place to another
c)
a strip of land connecting two landmasses
d)
a long period of dry, hot weather
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