Ancient Civ Chapter 1, 2, 3 Review

Question 1

How do scientists think hominids first migrated to North and South America?

Accepted Answer

over land that is now under water

Question 2

Something that can used to fulfill a need

Accepted Answer

resource

Question 3

What is evidence that prehistoric cave artists built wood structures (scaffolding) to stand on?

Accepted Answer

Some paintings are too high to be reached from the ground

Question 4

A nomad is a person who ______?

Accepted Answer

moves from one place to place with no permanent home

Question 5

Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many settlements?

Accepted Answer

The soil was good for crops

Question 6

What discovery did four teenagers make in Lascaux, France in 1940?

Accepted Answer

a cave filled with paintings of animals

Question 7

One of the first early ancestors of humans (two possible answers)

Accepted Answer

Homo Habilis, Homo Sapiens Sapiens

Question 8

The word "Homo Sapiens Sapiens" means what?

Accepted Answer

Doubly Wise Man

Question 9

What is Catal Hoyak?

Accepted Answer

a Neolithic town found in central Turkey

Question 10

How did Paleolithic Age people get their food?

Accepted Answer

by hunting and gathering

Question 11

Which of these helped Homo Habilis survive against animal attacks?

Accepted Answer

living together in groups

Question 12

What was the most important job in the lives of Paleolithic people?

Accepted Answer

finding food

Question 13

Which new capability enabled hominids to survive in colder climates?

Accepted Answer

building fire and shelters

Question 14

What change began the Neolithic Age?

Accepted Answer

farming

Question 15

What did people use for shelter in the Paleolithic Age? (two possible anwers)

Accepted Answer

tents, caves

Question 16

Archaeologists found decorated pottery & polished stones. What does this say about Neolithic?

Accepted Answer

They cared about beauty

Question 17

Which statement is true about Homo Habilis?

Accepted Answer

They knew how to make tools

Question 18

Homo Eretus was the first hominid to use ______?

Accepted Answer

fire

Question 19

Who made cave paintings, carvings, and musical instruments?

Accepted Answer

Homo Sapiens Sapiens

Question 20

What was the greatest benefit to people when farmers began to raise animals and plants?

Accepted Answer

The had a stable food supply.

Question 21

What is an archaeologist?

Accepted Answer

an expert who studies the past by objects people left behind

Question 22

Which of these is a human-made feature a geographer might study?

Accepted Answer

a road

Question 23

People who study the past are most like

Accepted Answer

detectives

Ancient Civ Chapter 1, 2, 3 Review

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Ancient Civ Chapter 1, 2, 3 Review

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