6th Grade Chapter 1

Question 1

A group of people working and living under a set of rules and traditions

Accepted Answer

Society

Question 2

What is the role of gatherers in hunter-gatherer societies?

Accepted Answer

To collect seeds and roots for food

Question 3

Which of these statements is true of prehistoric hunters and gatherers?

Accepted Answer

Each day they spent hours searching for food

Question 4

Which of these regions was probably settled most recently by human beings?

Accepted Answer

South America

Question 5

During the Ice Age, sea levels dropped because water was trapped in _______

Accepted Answer

glaciers

Question 6

The Paleolithic era is also known as the

Accepted Answer

Old Stone Age

Question 7

The use of wood to make spear shafts is an example of...

Accepted Answer

technology

Question 8

Mrs. Saucedo is my favorite teacher!

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

To adapt is to change to fit the surroundings

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Objects made by people, such as art, clothing, pottery

Accepted Answer

Artifiact

Question 11

What made Homo sapiens different from other hominids

Accepted Answer

The use of tools

Question 12

Why was the invention of the bow and arrow important?

Accepted Answer

It allowed hunters to stay a safe distance from their prey

Question 13

How is studying prehistory different from studing history?

Accepted Answer

Prehistory provides no written records

Question 14

Prehistory is the period of time before people began to hunt.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What do the cave paintings of early Homo sapiens reveal about these people?

Accepted Answer

The kinds of animals they hunted

Questions 15