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Unit 1 Prehistory to Civilization Review
Unit 1 Prehistory to Civilization Review
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1
People who specialized in jobs and became skilled craftworkers were known as...
priests
nobles
artisans
peasant farmers
2
Which was a key feature of early civilizations?
social equality
cities
steelmaking
a system of exchanging goods for money
3
Which of the following was another characteristic of the Paleolithic Age?
Hunting and Gathering
Organized Government
Farming Villages
Domestication of Animals
4
Which of the following was a characteristic of the Old Stone Age/Paleolithic Period?
farming
written language
toolmaking
organized government
5
The first human like creatures, walked upright, traced back to 4.4 million years ago
ninjas
Cro-Magnon
neanderthals
hominids
6
What is the worship of many gods?
Polytheism
Monotheism
Animism
Buddhism
7
What is the term for the New Stone Age?
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Domesticate
Modern Age
8
Which of the following is a neolithic advancement?
creation of calendars
ritual burials
first use of fire
written language
9
What is the earliest period of
human
history called?
Paleolithic Age
post-history
Neolithic Age
prehistory
10
Bronze became a favored material for tools and weapons because...
it could be given a sharp cutting edge an was easy to mold.
flint supplies diminished during the Bronze Age
artisans found it difficult to shape liquid metals
was much less expensive than copper or tin
11
Which of the following caused ancient civilizations to change?
lack of traditions
contact with other people through trade, warfare & migration
nomadic herders
poor leaders
12
Which of the following statements does NOT describe life in the Old Stone Age?
Paleolithic people lived in hunting & food-gathering groups
Paleolithic people go from place to place following animals.
Paleolithic people made their own crops & stayed in place.
They were dependent on their environment for survival.
13
What part of the world did the first hominids come from?
Europe
Africa
North and South America
Asia and Australia
14
What are drawings that represent words called?
domesticate
scribes
pictograms
letters
15
Which of the following aided cultural diffusion among ancient peoples?
poor leaders
new technology
trade
farming
16
Complex societies with advanced knowledge of farming, trade, government and art are
cooperatives
agricultural villages
civilizations
cultures
17
The agricultural lifestyle led to the development of all of the following EXCEPT
rules of inheritance.
the calendar.
cooperative hunting groups.
land boundaries.
18
Who are people who move from place to place following game animals and ripening fruits?
scribes
slaves
nomads
neolithic humans
19
What is the period of time before people invented writing systems?
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
prehistory
posthistory
20
What is the taming of animals, in order to meet human wants or needs?
Domesticate
Nomads
The Death Star
Social Exchange Theory
21
Where did the first cities emerge?
in river valleys
along trade routes
in the Americas
along the Mediterranean coast
22
Historians are like archaeologists in that they both study how people lived by examining
regions.
plants and animals.
artifacts.
longitude and latitude.
23
Process by which people become more proficient at earning a living by performing a single task?
surplus agricultural production
domestication
the specialization of labor
the diffusion of culture
