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Unit 2 Exam social studies

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does an archaeologist study?

a)

Writing stories

b)

Making artifacts

c)

Ancient artifacts

d)

Modern governments

2.

Which of the following is an example of an artifact?

a)

A written book

b)

A stone tool

c)

A modern map

d)

A video recording

3.

What does the word prehistoric mean?

a)

Before farming

b)

Before coins

c)

Before writing

d)

Before jobs

4.

How did early humans share information before writing?

a)

Books

b)

Cave paintings

c)

Newspapers

d)

Stone tools

5.

How did early humans first discover fire?

a)

They found it in nature

b)

They made it in factories

c)

They learned it from animals

d)

They bought it in stores

6.

Which is NOT a way early humans used fire?

a)

To cook meat

b)

To look for enemies

c)

To keep warm

d)

To scare animals

7.

Why was fire important to early humans?

a)

It helped them survive

b)

It helped them travel faster

c)

It helped them build homes

d)

It helped them farm

8.

What were early tools mostly made from?

a)

Plastic

b)

Metal

c)

Paper

d)

Stone and bone

9.

What is a tool?

a)

A place to live

b)

A natural resource

c)

An object used to do a job

d)

A type of shelter

10.

Who were nomads?

a)

People who stayed in one place

b)

People who built cities

c)

People who moved from place to place

d)

People who farmed

11.

What does migration mean?

a)

Making tools

b)

Growing food

c)

Moving from one place to another

d)

Building shelters

12.

Why is it called the Stone Age?

a)

People wrote on stone

b)

People used stone tools

c)

People lived in stone houses

d)

People ate stones

13.

During the Paleolithic Era, humans were mostly:

a)

Farmers

b)

Factory workers

c)

Hunters and gatherers

d)

Merchants

14.

Which helped humans survive during the Paleolithic Era?

a)

Living with money

b)

Christianity

c)

Use of fire and tools

d)

Schools

15.

What major change happened during the Neolithic Era?

a)

Humans stopped using tools

b)

Humans stopped using fire

c)

Humans started farming

d)

Humans stopped living in homes

16.

How did farming change human life?

a)

People had less food

b)

People had villages and homes

c)

People had more jobs

d)

People stopped working together

17.

What are hominids?

a)

Early tools animals

b)

Types of plants

c)

Early humans and early human ancestors

d)

Ancient cities

18.

Why is Lucy important?

a)

She was a ruler

b)

She helped scientists discovered hominids

c)

She invented tools

d)

Animals gave it to them

19.

Why was Otzi the Iceman an important discovery?

a)

He was perfectly preserved in ice

b)

He lived in a city

c)

He was a king

d)

He was killed by animals

20.

What do cave paintings help archaeologists understand?

a)

Weather patterns

b)

Early life

c)

How to form governments

d)

Modern governments

21.

What does an archeologist study?

a)

Weather

b)

Ancient people and the past using objects they left behind

c)

Government today

d)

Someone's opinion

22.

Which is an artifact?

a)

A. A stone map

b)

B. A movie from the future

c)

C. Someone's opinion

d)

D. A recent photo

23.

What does prehistoric mean?

a)

Before writing

b)

Before cities

c)

Before tools

d)

Before farming

24.

How did early humans share information before writing?

a)

Books

b)

Songs and stories

c)

Seasons

d)

Newspapers

25.

How did early humans first get fire?

a)

They made it in factories

b)

It just started in the future

c)

Animals gave it to them

d)

It happened in nature

26.

Which is NOT a way early humans used fire?

a)

To stay warm

b)

To cook food

c)

To scare animals

d)

To build machines

27.

Why was fire important to early humans?

a)

It helped them write

b)

It helped them travel

c)

It helped them cook food

d)

It helped them build houses

28.

What were early tools mostly made from?

a)

Metal

b)

Plastic

c)

Stone and bone

d)

Paper

29.

What place do people make to help do a job?

a)

Something to eat

b)

A shelter

c)

A resource

d)

A tool

30.

Who were nomads?

a)

People who stayed in one place

b)

People who built cities

c)

People who farmed

d)

People who moved from place to place

31.

What does migration mean?

a)

Making tools

b)

Moving from one place to another

c)

Building houses

d)

Worshipping gods

32.

Why is it called the Stone Age?

a)

People lived in caves

b)

Tools were made of stone

c)

Buildings were made of stone

d)

People worshipped stones

33.

During the Paleolithic Era, people were mostly:

a)

Farmers and herders

b)

Hunters and gatherers, who moved often

c)

Factory workers

d)

Traders

34.

Why was fire important to early humans?

a)

It helped them write

b)

It helped them make tools

c)

It helped them stay warm

d)

It helped them farm

35.

What were early tools mostly made from?

a)

Plastic

b)

Stone and bone

c)

Paper

d)

Silver

36.

What is a tool?

a)

A something people make to help do a job

b)

A natural resource

c)

A shelter

d)

Something you eat

37.

Who were nomads?

a)

People who stayed in one place

b)

People who built cities

c)

People who farmed

d)

People who moved from place to place

38.

What does migration mean?

a)

Moving tools

b)

Moving food

c)

Moving from one place to another

d)

Building homes

39.

Why is the Stone Age called the Stone Age?

a)

People lived in caves

b)

Tools were made of stone

c)

People worshiped stones

d)

People painted stones

40.

During the Paleolithic Era, people were mostly:

a)

Hunters and gatherers who moved often

b)

Farmers

c)

Factory workers

d)

Traders

41.

What helped humans survive in the Paleolithic Era?

a)

Writing and roles

b)

Stone money

c)

Building shelters

d)

Tools and fire

42.

Which change happened during the Neolithic Era?

a)

People stopped using fire

b)

People changed jobs

c)

People started farming

d)

People moved to caves

43.

How did people live in the Paleolithic Era?

a)

People had less food

b)

People lived in large villages

c)

People made cave images

d)

People worked alone

44.

What are hominids?

a)

Tools

b)

Animals

c)

Cities

d)

Early humans and early human relatives

45.

Why is Lucy important?

a)

She was a ruler

b)

She lived in Europe

c)

She is one of the oldest hominids found

d)

She invented tools

46.

Why was Ötzi the Iceman important?

a)

He wrote books

b)

He lived in caves

c)

His body was well preserved in ice

d)

He was a ruler

47.

What do cave paintings help archaeologists learn about?

a)

Daily life of early humans

b)

Weather

c)

Future technology

d)

Tools